title: [Expressions and their clinical significance of bcl-2 and nm23 in epithelial ovarian carcinoma].
abstract: The expressions of bcl-2 and nm23 protein in epithelial ovarian carcinoma were analyzed by immunohistochemical method. The results were that 1. the positive expression of bcl-2 protein was 60% (27/45) in epithelial carcinoma; the positive expression of bcl-2 protein in Grade I was 31.25% (5/16), in Grade II 57.14% (8/14), in Grade III 93.33% (14/15) and there were significant differences among them (P < 0.05); 2. the positive expression of nm23 protein was 40% (18/45) in epithelial carcinoma; the positive expression of bcl-2 protein in Stage I/II was 57.1% (12/21), in Stage III/IV 25% (6/24), and there was significant difference between them (P < 0.05). We conclude that the expressions of bcl-2 and nm23 protein are associated with tumor differentiation and clinical stage respectively. Analyzing the expressions of bcl-2 and nm23 are beneficial to the prognosis of the ovarian tumor patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008.
authors.forename: L Q
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: X M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018282:Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000378:metabolism; D018284:Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D011379:Prognosis; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D014157:Transcription Factors; C517938:NME1 protein, human; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins