Correlation between B7-H3 expression and matrix metalloproteinases 2 expression in pancreatic cancer.
BACKGROUND
B7-H3 and matrix metalloproteinases 2 (MMP-2) are reported highly expressed in malignant tumor, we investigate the relationship between B7-H3 expression and MMP-2 on malignant behavior and prognosis predictable value in pancreatic cancer.


METHODS
We tested the expressions of B7-H3 and MMP-2 protein in 45 pancreatic surgical resected cancer samples; meanwhile, the clinicopathological data of enrolled patients were obtained for correlation analysis to obtain their relationship with pancreatic cancer progress.


RESULTS
The expression of B7-H3 was up-regulated with infiltrating depth, lymph node metastasis and TNM stage (P < 0.01). Positive expression rate of MMP-2 in pancreatic cancer tissues was 44.35%, whereas negative in normal pancreatic tissues. Multivariate analysis of Logistic regression showed B7-H3 and MMP-2 expressions were hazardous makers correlated with infiltrating depth (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Our study showed combined detections of B7-H3 and MMP2 protein expression could identify patients at high risk in disease recurrence and prognosis more efficiently.
Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Subei People's Hospital, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225000, China. jianjunqian99@163.com.
Lihua
L
Xu
Xiangmin
X
Ding
Huo
H
Tan
Jianjun
J
Qian