title: [The expression and relationship of cyclooxygenase-2 and latent membrane protein-1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the expression and correlation of COX2 and LMP1 in NPC.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-three nasopharyngeal biopsy specimens of NPC patients who had been diagnosed definitely with pathology in our department from 2000 to 2005, and 8 nasopharyngeal biopsy specimens of chronic nasopharyngitis patients were collected. The expression of COX2, LMP1 were detected with streptavidin peroxidase immunohistochemistry staining. All the datas were analyzed with SPSS 12.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The positive expression rate of COX2 was 71.70% (38/53), and that of LMP1 was 66.04% (35/53) of Nasopharyngeal carcinoma tissue. The higher expression rate was detected in neck lymph nodes metastasis group of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (P<0.05). While the expression rate of COX2, LMP1 was no significant relation with age, gender, clinical stage and pathological classification (P>0.05). The expression of COX2 and LMP1 showed positive correlation (gamma = 0.797, P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  COX2 and LMP1 were highly expressed in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. The expressions of COX2 and LMP1 was significantly associated with neck lymph nodes metastasis, and was none-significant relation with age, gender, clinical stage and pathological classification. The expression of LMP1 showed a significant positive correlation with that of COX2. LMP1 could enhance NPC neck lymph nodes metastasis by up-regulating the expression of COX2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Hospital of Ningbo City, Ningbo, 315010, China.
authors.forename: Weiqi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C037662:EBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virus; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human