2004•Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer AssociationRequires access
Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor Gene Expression and Clinico-Pathologic Feature in Gastric Cancer Patients
Yong‐Gil Kim, Kyung Hee Lee, Min Kyung Kim, Jae‐Lyun Lee, M.-S. Hyun, Sang Hun Kim, Hee Sun Kim
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Abstract
Purpose: Invasion and metastasis in solid tumors require the action of tumor-associated proteases. The serine protease urokinase-type plasminogen (uPA) and receptor (uPAR) appear to have a major function in these processes. Expression of the uPAR is elevated in breast and colon carcinomas, and this is often associated with invasiveness and poor prognosis. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the expression of the uPAR gene correlates with clinico-pathological parameters in human gastric carcinomas. Materials and Methods: We examined the expression of uPAR mRNA by using northern blot analysis and RT-PCR in 35 gastric carcinomas and the surrounding normal mucosa. Macroscopic and histopathological tumor findings and survival rates were obtained from the patient records and from endoscopic, surgical, and pathological reports. Results: The expression of uPAR and was higher in most neoplasms than in the corresponding normal mucosal tissue. uPAR mRNA expression in tumors correlated well with lymph-node metastasis (P