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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2011

Comparative study of stromal metalloproteases expression in patients with benign hyperplasia and prostate cancer.

Safwan Escaff, Jesús M Fernández, Luis O González, Aurelio Suárez, Salomé González-Reyes, José M González, Francisco J Vizoso

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Article in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Safwan EscaffServicio de Urología, Hospital de Jove, Avda. Eduardo Castro s/n, 33920, Gijón, Asturias, Spain.
Jesús M Fernández
Luis O González
Aurelio Suárez
Salomé González-Reyes
José M González
Francisco J Vizoso
Fundación Hospital de Jove · ESHospital Universitario Central de Asturias · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of the present work was to perform a comparative study of stromal cell expressions of MMPs and TIMPs between benign and malignant prostate tissues.

methodsAn immunohistochemical study was performed using specific antibodies against metalloproteases (MMPs) -1, -2, -7, 9, 11, 13, 14 and their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) -1, 2 and 3, on prostate specimens from 133 patients with clinical localized prostate carcinoma and from 50 patients with BPH.

resultsOur results showed higher percentages of expressions of MMPs and TIMPs by fibroblasts or by mononuclear inflammatory cells (MICs) in prostate carcinomas compared to these cells in BPH. The detection of MMP-2 expression by stromal fibroblasts and/or MMP-2, 9 and TIMP-3 expression by stromal MICs was associated with a 100% of specificity for diagnoses of prostate cancer. We found that the combination of MMP-2 expression by fibroblasts and/or MMP-9 by MICs and/or TIMP-2 by MICs yielded a sensitivity of 47.4%.

conclusionsDespite of a limited sensitivity (50%), the combination of MMP-TIMPs expression in stromal cells (MMP-2 by fibroblasts and TIMPs by MICs) in our study provided a specificity of 100% for prostate cancer diagnosis.

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AgedHumansImmunohistochemistryIsoenzymesMaleMatrix MetalloproteinasesMiddle AgedProstatic HyperplasiaProstatic NeoplasmsStromal CellsTissue Array AnalysisTissue Inhibitor of MetalloproteinasesIsoenzymesMatrix MetalloproteinasesTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases

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PMCPMC11828199
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