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The role of MMP-14 in ovarian cancer: a systematic review
M Caroline Vos1, Anneke A M van der Wurff2, Toin H van Kuppevelt3
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, PO Box 90151, 5000 LC, Tilburg, the Netherlands. c.vos@etz.nl.
Aim:
In order to evaluate the role of MMP-14 in ovarian cancer, a systematic review was conducted.
Methods:
In March 2020, a search in Pubmed was performed with MMP-14 and ovarian cancer as search terms. After exclusion of the references not on MMP-14 or ovarian cancer or not in English, the studies found were classified into two categories: basic research and clinicopathological research.
Results:
In total, 94 references were found of which 33 were excluded. Two additional articles were found in the reference lists of the included studies. Based on the full texts, another 4 were excluded. Eventually, 59 studies were included in the review, 32 on basic research and 19 on clinicopathological research. 8 studies fell in both categories. The basic research studies show that MMP-14 plays an important role in ovarian cancer in the processes of proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis. In clinocopathological research, MMP-14 expression is found in most tumours with characteristics of poor prognosis but this immunohistochemical MMP-14 determination does not seem to be an independent predictor of prognosis.
Conclusions:
From this systematic review of the literature concerning MMP-14 in ovarian cancer it becomes clear that MMP-14 plays various important roles in the pathophysiology of ovarian cancer. The exact translation of these roles in the pathophysiology to the importance of MMP-14 in clinicopathological research in ovarian cancer and possible therapeutic role of anti-MMP-14 agents needs further elucidation.
