title: Expression of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (PD-ECGF) and its mRNA in ovarian cancers.
abstract: The potential of growth, invasion and metastasis of ovarian cancer cells associated with neovascularization, and the expression of platelet-derived endothelial growth factor (PD-ECGF) and its mRNA in ovarian cancers were determined. The relationship between their expression and histopathological types and clinical stages of ovarian cancers was also analyzed. The levels of PD-ECGF and its mRNA were higher in ovarian cancers than in normal ovaries. Furthermore, some endometrioid carcinomas and serous cystadenocarcinomas of the ovary and some ovarian cancers in stages III and IV expressed remarkably high levels of PD-ECGF and its mRNA. Therefore, in some ovarian cancers, PD-ECGF might be related to advanced stages of ovarian cancers associated with neovascularization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu City, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichigo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010053:Ovary / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D013939:Thymidine Phosphorylase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013939:Thymidine Phosphorylase