Related Experiment Video
Updated: Dec 30, 2025

Modeling the Early Steps of Ovarian Cancer Dissemination in an Organotypic Culture of the Human Peritoneal Cavity
Published on: December 31, 2015
CyclinD1 promotes lymph node metastasis by inducing lymphangiogenesis in human ovarian carcinoma
Minhua Li1, Weiping Zheng2, Cheng Wang1
1Department of Pathology, Shaoxing People's Hospital & Shaoxing Hospital, Zhejiang University Shool of Medicine Shaoxing, China.
Aims And Background:
CyclinD1 regulates the G1/S phase transition of the cell cycle and is frequently overexpressed in many types of human cancers. Much evidence has implicated that the expression of CyclinD1 is related to the lymphatic metastasis of human ovarian carcinoma. However, the mechanism of CyclinD1 in lymphatic metastasis of ovarian carcinomas is still unclear. The objective of the present study was to assess the incidence of CyclinD1 expression in ovarian carcinomas and look for its correlation with lymph vessel density (LVD) and clinicopathological variables.
Methods:
We assessed the expression of CyclinD1 levels and lymph vessel density (LVD) quantified through D2-40 by immunohistochemistry from 110 Chinese patients with primary ovarian carcinomas and 40 with benign ovarian tumors as controls.
Results:
CyclinD1 was detected in 52 primary ovarian carcinomas (47.3%), which was significantly higher than its expression in the benign ovarian tumors. CyclinD1 expression was correlated with tumor grade, FIGO stage, T stage and lymphatic metastasis. Moreover, the LVD counts in the group of CyclinD1 positive expression were higher than in the group of CyclinD1 negative expression.
Conclusions:
Our findings indicate that CyclinD1 might be involved in lymph node metastasis by inducing lymphangiogenesis in human ovarian carcinoma.
More Related Videos
09:08Integration of Bioinformatics Approaches and Experimental Validations to Understand the Role of Notch Signaling in Ovarian Cancer
Published on: January 12, 2020
07:45Author Spotlight: A Model to Study the Systemic and Local Dynamics of CD8+ T Cells During LN Metastasis
Published on: January 26, 2024
Related Concept Videos
Positive Regulator Molecules
Inhibition of Cdk Activity
M-Cdk Drives Transition Into Mitosis
Cyclin-dependent kinases, or Cdks, work in concert with cyclins to control cell cycle transitions. M-Cdk, a complex of Cdk1 bound to M cyclin, is a well-known example of this coordinated control that drives the transition from the G2 to the M phase.
M cyclin...
Cancer Cell Migration through Invadopodia
Metastasis
Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition or EMT is a developmental process commonly observed in wound healing, embryogenesis, and cancer metastasis. EMT is induced by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) or receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) ligands, which further...
Mitogens and the Cell Cycle