Abstract:
Objective : To investigate p38M APK protein expression and its clinical significance in human colorectal carcinomas.
Methods : The samples were obtained from 46 cases with the disease.The expression of P38M APK protein was detected by im munohistochem istry, using the SABC staining method at the two sites: carcinoma tissue and its paraneoplastic tissue.
Results : The expression of p38M APK protein was mainly localized in the cell cytoplasm and never in the nucleus. Positive rate of p38M APK protein expression was 95.65% in carcinoma tissues, 33.13% in its paraneoplastic tissue.The p38M APK protein expression in carcinoma tissue was significantly correlated with dukes stage, P<0.01, histology grade,P<0.01 and local lymph node ivolvement, P<0.01, but not w ithage, gender, site or size of tumor, P>0.05.
conclusion :p38 may play anim portant role in the occurrence, developmentand metastasis of human colorectal carcinoma.