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ArticleOncotarget2017

Relationship between expression of cyclooxygenase 2 and neovascularization in human pterygia.

Dongwei Liu, Chang Peng, Zhengxuan Jiang, Liming Tao

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dongwei LiuDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China.
Chang PengDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China.
Zhengxuan Jiang *Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China.
Liming Tao *Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China.
Anhui Medical University · CNSecond Hospital of Anhui Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In present study, we are to test the relationship between cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) and angiogenesis in pterygium tissues from a group of Chinese patients. Here forty-five primary pterygium tissues and twenty-three normal bulbar conjunctival tissues were obtained during ophthalmologic surgeries. The primary pterygium samples were treated for the immunohistochemical evaluation of COX-2, CD31 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antibodies for different tissues. In order to evaluate the relationship between COX-2 and neovascularization, a statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS 13.0 statistical software package. As results, in our study, 36 (80%) of the primary pterygia samples were found to be positive for COX-2 staining, which was not found in the normal conjunctivas. The density of the microvessels (MVD) was significantly increased in the COX-2 positive patients when compared to the COX-2 negative ones (19.06 ± 1.84 vs.10.44 ± 2.98, P=1.36×10

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angiogenesiscyclooxygenase 2immunohistochemicalpterygiumVEGF

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