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TGF-β1 expression is associated with invasion and metastasis of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Yijie Chen1, Lin Ma2, Qian He3
1General Surgery, The 180th Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Quanzhou, Fujian, China. chenyijie11@126.com.
Background:
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β is involved in many physiologic processes, it often promotes metastasis, and its high expression is correlated with poor prognosis. In the present study, we analyzed the correlation between transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) expression and prognosis in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Results:
We examined the expression of TGF-β1 in 78 intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas by immunohistochemistry and correlated the expression with clinicopathological parameters. TGF-β1 was expressed in 37 of 78 (47.4%) intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas. The expression of TGF-β1 was significantly correlated with lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, and tumour recurrence. Patients with TGF-β1-positive tumours had significantly shorter survival time. In a multivariant analysis, the expression of TGF-β1 and the tumour stage were independent prognostic factors.
Conclusions:
Our data suggest that expression of TGF-β1 is a novel prognostic marker for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
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