title: Expression of phosphorylated-STAT3 and osteopontin and their correlation in melanoma.
abstract: The expressions of p-STAT3 and osteopontin in 22 cases of normal nevi and 43 cases of malignant melanoma were immunohistochemically detected, and the correlation between p-STAT3 and osteopontin in malignant melanoma and the correlations of p-STAT3 (or osteopontin) with invasion, metastasis and thickness of malignant melanoma were examined. The results showed p-STAT3 was expressed in 2 of 22 cases of normal nevi and 30 of 43 cases of malignant melanoma, while osteopontin was expressed in 3 cases of normal nevi and 29 cases of malignant melanoma. The expressions of p-STAT3 and osteopontin in melanoma were significantly higher than that in benign nevi. There existed significant correlations between the expression of p-STAT3 and that of osteopontin in melanoma. Furthermore, the expression rates of p-STAT3 were significantly higher in invasive or metastatic melanomas than that their non-invasive or non-metastatic counterparts, and the expression rates of osteopontin were significantly higher in invasive melanomas than that in non-invasive ones. It is concluded that p-STAT3 and osteopontin may play important roles in the pathogenesis of malignant melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. wuyan5151@126.com
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Siyuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Nengxing
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jiawen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D053495:Osteopontin / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: C506895:SPP1 protein, human; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; C494086:STAT3 protein, human; D053495:Osteopontin