Laboratory Medicine ›› 2019, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 415-420.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2019.05.007

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Difference of the expressions of ER,VEGF and TGF-β1 between multiple EP and single EP patients and their prognosis analysis

DONG Huan, LIU Xiaoyi, CAI Yanqing, CHEN Xinliang, WANG Xianjing   

  1. The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Diseases,Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200030,China
  • Received:2018-12-04 Online:2019-05-30 Published:2019-05-28

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the expression levels of estrogen receptor (ER),vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)and transforming growth factor-beta 1(TGF-β1)in multiple endometrial polyp(EP)and single EP patients,and to analyze the relationship with prognosis. Methods A total of 100 premenopausal women undergoing hysteroscopic endometrial polypectomy were recruited. Among them,there were 50 multiple EP (>5) patients and 50 single EP patients. Totally,35 patients undergoing hysteroscopy due to oviductal problem were enrolled as normal endometrium group. Immunohistochemistry and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were used to determine the expression levels of ER,VEGF and TGF-β1 in normal endometrium,single EP and multiple EP groups. Kaplan-Meier curve was used to analyze the recurrence rate of EP patients. Cox regression analysis was used to assess the risk of EP recurrence. Results The mRNA and protein expression levels of ER,VEGF and TGF-β1 in the polyp tissues of multiple EP group and single EP group were higher than those in normal endometrium group (P<0.05),and they were higher in multiple EP group than those in single EP group (P<0.05). The recurrence rate in multiple EP group (42.0%) was higher than that in single EP group (12.0%) (P=0.001). Cox regression analysis showed that endometriosis [hazard ratio(HR)=2.718,95% confidence interval(CI) 1.179-6.262] and multiple EP (HR=4.134,95%CI 1.663-10.273) were independent risk factors for EP recurrence,and the high expressions of VEGF (HR=1.073, 95%CI 1.014-1.136) and TGF-β1 (HR=1.056,95%CI 1.005-1.109)were independent risk factors for recurrence in multiple EP patients. Conclusions The high expressions of ER,VEGF and TGF-β1 in multiple EP group are closely related to the high recurrence rate after operation.

Key words: Estrogen receptor, Vascular endothelial growth factor, Transforming growth factor-beta 1, Endometrial polyp, Recurrence

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