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ArticleTumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine2014

Endoglin, VEGF, and its receptors in predicting metastases in endometrial carcinoma.

Sami K Saarelainen, Synnöve Staff, Nina Peltonen, Terho Lehtimäki, Jorma Isola, Paula M Kujala, Maarit H Vuento, Johanna U Mäenpää

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Article in Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. The functional proteomics analysis of VEGF-treated human epithelial ovarian cancer cells.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sami K SaarelainenDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampere University Hospital, P.O. Box 2000, FI-33521, Tampere, Finland, sami.saarelainen@uta.fi.
Synnöve Staff
Nina Peltonen
Terho Lehtimäki
Jorma Isola
Paula M Kujala
Maarit H Vuento
Johanna U Mäenpää
Tampere University · FIFimlab (Finland) · FITampere University Hospital · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preoperative evaluation of the risk for metastases in endometrial carcinoma is challenging. The growth of new vessels, angiogenesis, is important for tumor growth and purported to be involved in the metastatic process. The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of preoperative serum levels and immunohistochemical expression of angiogenic markers in predicting a metastasized disease. Preoperative sera from 98 consecutive women presenting with endometrial carcinoma were collected. Serum concentrations of VEGF, sFLT1, and CD105 were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Immunohistochemistry was used to assess the expression of CD105, VEGF, FLT1, and KDR. The results were correlated to the presence of metastases, presence of deep (≥50%) myometrial invasion, and the histological grade of the tumor. Tumors with other than endometrioid histology were excluded. Of the 80 evaluable patients, 11 had a metastasized disease. The serum concentration of VEGF was higher in the group with metastases than in the group without metastases (median [range], 743 pg/mL [546-1,183 pg/mL] vs. 383 pg/mL [31-1,524 pg/mL], p < 0.001, respectively). In the multivariable analysis, the concentration of VEGF was the sole independent, albeit weak predictive factor for the presence of metastases (odds ratio, 1.004, 95% confidence interval, 1.002-1.007; p = 0.001). The immunohistochemical expression of the markers was not associated with any of the clinicopathological features of the tumors. The results of the present study suggest that preoperative serum VEGF concentration correlates with the presence of metastases in endometrioid endometrial carcinoma.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntigens, CDEndoglinEndometrial NeoplasmsFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisReceptors, Cell SurfaceVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1Antigens, CDEndoglinENG protein, humanFLT1 protein, humanReceptors, Cell SurfaceVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1VEGFA protein, human

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