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Author Spotlight: High-Sensitivity Tissue Factor Activity Assay for Plasma Diagnosis
Published on: December 29, 2023
Tissue factor is strongly expressed in pericarcinomatous tissue in patients with laryngeal carcinoma
Bin Wang1, Sufang Xiong2, Qingquan Hua1
1Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan 430060, China.
Objective:
This study aimed to understand the relationship between tissue factor (TF) and laryngeal carcinoma.
Methods:
Differences in TF expression between pericarcinomatous and carcinomatous tissues were studied in patients with laryngeal carcinoma; the potential clinical significance of the observed differences is discussed. Immunohistochemical, western blot, and RT-PCR analyses were performed to assess the expression of TF at the protein and mRNA levels, and differences between pericarcinomatous and carcinomatous tissues in patients (n = 20) with laryngeal carcinoma were analyzed.
Results:
Expression of TF was significantly higher in pericarcinomatous tissues than in carcinomatous tissues (P < 0.01); furthermore, the intensity of TF mRNA expression was also significantly stronger in pericarcinomatous than in carcinomatous tissue (P < 0.001). Robust expression of TF was observed in pericarcinomatous tissues but not in carcinomatous tissues.
Conclusion:
TF may contribute to the carcinogenesis and development of laryngeal carcinoma and may provide a marker for assessment of the degree of malignancy and the progression of laryngeal carcinoma. TF may also provide a new target for therapeutics for human head and neck cancer.
