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Published on: September 15, 2010
High expression of herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM) in ovarian serous adenocarcinoma tissue
Yuan Fang1, Lei Ye, Ting Zhang
1Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Purpose:
To explore the expression of herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM) in ovarian serous adenocarcinoma tissues and its relationship with clinicopathological features.
Methods:
Paraffin-embedded specimens from 40 patients with ovarian serous adenocarcinoma who were subjected to surgical treatment were used for the determination of HVEM expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC). Then the relationship between the expression of HVEM and the patient clinicopathological features was analyzed.
Results:
There were 29 cases (72.5%) of HVEM/tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR)SF14-positive and 11 cases (27.5%) of HVEM/TNFRSF14-negative. The positive rate of HVEM was significantly correlated with TNM staging, lymph node metastasis and recurrence (p<0.05), but not with age, grade of differentiation and distant metastasis (p>0.05).
Conclusion:
HVEM is highly expressed in ovarian serous adenocarcinoma tissues and correlated with the patient clinicopathological features, such as TNM staging, lymph node metastasis and recurrence. HVEM can provide a basis in the search for a new targeting treatment for ovarian serous adenocarcinoma.
