https://doi.org/10.4081/ejh.2023.3655

Expression and clinical significance of HER2/neu, aromatase P450 and adhesion molecule CD24 in endometrial cancer

Vol. 67 No. 3 (2023)
Submitted: 27 January 2023
Accepted: 31 July 2023
Published: 10 August 2023
Aromatase P450, adhesion molecule CD24, HER2/neu, endometrial cancer
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Liyun Guan
Department of Oncology, The Third Hospital of Shijiazhuang, China.
Ying Wang
15833925141@139.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0478-0502
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Jianxin Cheng
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Jun Zhang
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Shan Kang
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.

This study aimed at exploring the expression and clinical significance of aromatase P450, adhesion molecule CD24 and HER2/neu in endometrial cancer. The expression of aromatase P450, adhesion molecule CD24 and HER2/neu was detected by immunohistochemistry in 15 cases of endometrial hyperplasia group, 50 cases of endometrial adenocarcinoma and 3 cases of uterine papillary adenocarcinoma, with 15 cases of normal endometrium as control group. We detected no expression of aromatase P450, adhesion molecule CD24 or HER2/neu in control group. Aromatase P450 positive expression rate was 66.7% in endometrial hyperplasia group and 70.3% in endometrial carcinoma group, without significant difference (p>0.05). There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in the positive expression rate of aromatase P450 between different myometrial invasion groups of endometrial adenocarcinomas. CD24 positive expression rate was 40.0% in endometrial hyperplasia group and 79.6% in endometrial carcinoma group, with significant difference (p<0.05). HER2/neu positive expression rate was 26.7% in the endometrial hyperplasia group and 57% in endometrial carcinoma group, with significant difference (p<0.05). In conclusion, aromatase P450 may be one factor associated with endometrial cancer cell proliferation, while CD24 and HER2/neu may be important factors associated with the invasion and metastasis of endometrial cancer.

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this study was approved by ethics board of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China (approval No. 202871)

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Key Medical Science Research Program of Hebei Province

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Guan, L., Wang, Y., Cheng, J., Zhang, J., & Kang, S. (2023). Expression and clinical significance of HER2/neu, aromatase P450 and adhesion molecule CD24 in endometrial cancer. European Journal of Histochemistry, 67(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/ejh.2023.3655
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