Expression and significance of survivin and CD44v6 protein in non-small cell lung cancer

Abstract

Objective To investigate the expression and significance of survivin and CD44v6 in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and their correlation. Methods SP immunohistochemical technique was used to detect the expression of survivin and CD44V6 protein in 53 cases of NSCLC and 13 cases of para-eaneer nor-mal tissues. Results The positive rate of survivin and CD44v6 in NSCLC was 60. 38% and 69. 81% respec-tively,which was higher than that of normal pulmonary tissues adjacent to carcinoma(P 0.05). The expression of survivin was related to TNM stages and cell differentiation (P 0. 05). The expression of CD44v6 in squamous carcinoma was significantly higher than that of adenocareinoma (P 0. 05). There was no correlation between the expression of survivin and C1)44v6 (r = -0. 058, P >0. 05). Conclusion Survivin might be used to evaluate NSCLC development;CD44v6 might be used for the differential diagnosis of squamous carcinoma in NSCLC;both of them might be helpful to predict the metastasis of NSCLC. They might be two independent events in the process of NSCLC genesis and develop-ment. Key words: Careinoma,non-small-cell lung; Antigens,CD44; Survivin