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ArticleZhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer2013

[Expression and related factors of Galectin-3 in non-small cell lung cancer].

Meiyan Liu, Bing Du, Chunhong Li, Yanbin Zhao, Qingwei Meng, Li Cai

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Article in Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Meiyan LiuDepartment of Medicine, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 150081 Harbin, China.
Bing Du
Chunhong Li
Yanbin Zhao
Qingwei Meng
Li Cai
Harbin Medical University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University · CN

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BACKGROUND AND

objectiveGalectin-3 is involved in many physical and pathologic process, and is closely correlated with tumorigenesis, development and metastasis. The aim of this study is to investigate the gene expression and significance of Galectin-3 in normal lung tissue and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tissue.

methodsGene expression was examined using the immunohistochemical S-P method in 62 NSCLC cases and in 17 cases with normal lung tissue. RT-PCR verified the expression of Galectin-3 at the transcriptional level.

resultsThe expression rate of Galectin-3 in NSCLC tissue was 83.8% (52/62), which was significantly higher than that in normal lung tissue (P<0.01). Galectin-3 expression was not correlated with sex (χ²=0.113, P>0.05), age (χ²=0.220, P>0.05), and histological type (χ²=0.012, P>0.05), but was negatively correlated with pathological differentiation (r=-0.292, P<0.05) and positively correlated with the clinical stage (r=0.336, P<0.05) in NSCLC tissue. RT-PCR results showed that the expression level of Galectin-3 in NSCLC tissue was significantly higher than in normal lung tissue.

conclusionsGalectin-3 may be useful in lung cancer diagnosis and may increase diagnosis rate when combined with other lung cancer markers.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAdultAgedCarcinogenesisCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungFemaleGalectin 3HumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedSurvival AnalysisGalectin 3

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