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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-20
pubmed:abstractText
We have studied the prognostic value of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), uPA receptor (uPAR), and type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) in tumor extracts from 84 patients with squamous cell lung carcinoma and 38 patients with large cell lung carcinoma, measuring each molecule with sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. High uPAR levels were significantly associated with short overall survival in patients with squamous cell lung carcinomas when the median value was used as a cutoff point (P = 0.038), while no statistically significant prognostic impact of uPA and PAI-1 levels was found in this group of patients. The combination of high uPAR and high PAI-1 levels did, however, have a particular significant association with short overall survival (P = 0.008). None of the 3 components was found to have a statistically significant prognostic impact in the group of 38 large cell lung cancer patients. There was a positive correlation between uPAR and PAI-1 levels in both groups and between uPA and uPAR levels in the large cell carcinoma patients. In a multivariate analysis, high uPAR was found to be an independent prognostic variable in squamous cell carcinoma patients, with a relative risk of 2.1 (95% confidence interval, 1.1-4.0) and tumor size the only other significant prognostic parameter. These data suggest that uPAR is an important prognostic factor in squamous cell lung carcinoma. In addition to the potential direct clinical usefulness, this information could be helpful in understanding the biology of this disease and developing new therapeutic approaches.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4671-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Carcinoma, Large Cell, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8062262-Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Prognostic impact of urokinase, urokinase receptor, and type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor in squamous and large cell lung cancer tissue.
pubmed:affiliation
Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't