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BACKGROUND:Cyclooxygenase (COX) is a key enzyme in the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins and other eicosanoids. A recent report has indicated a selective COX-2 inhibitor resulted in increased apoptosis and down-regulated bcl-2 expression in the androgen-sensitive human prostate cancer cell. We investigated the localization of COXs in prostatic adenocarcinoma and the possible correlation of androgen blockade with its expression. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The immunohistochemical expression of COX-1, COX-2 and bcl-2 protein was studied using paraffin-embedded archival tissues both before and after hormonal therapy. The number of apoptotic cells was also determined. RESULTS:Immunohistochemistry for COX-1, not COX-2, showed the constitutive expression in the stroma of normal prostate. The expression of COX-2 protein was detected less often than that of COX-1 protein in most cases of prostatic adenocarcinoma before hormonal therapy. Neoadjuvant hormonal therapy induced the expression of COX-2 protein in smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts and adenocarcinoma cells. The expression after hormonal therapy was possibly correlated with the bcl-2 protein expression. CONCLUSION:The present study is the first to demonstrate the immunohistochemical expression of COXs in human prostate tissue and indicated that COXs were relevant to homeostasis and tumor development of the prostate.
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Anticancer Resjournal_title
Anticancer researchauthors
Tanji N,Kikugawa T,Yokoyama Msubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-07-01 00:00:00pages
2313-9issue
4eissn
0250-7005issn
1791-7530journal_volume
20pub_type
杂志文章abstract:BACKGROUND:S-1, an oral 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based medicine that combines tegafur, gimeracil and oteracil potassium is commonly used as an adjuvant chemotherapeutic drug for the treatment of colorectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We enrolled 53 patients who underwent curative resection for colorectal cancer and live...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
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doi:
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.12694
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.12723
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.12172
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.12452
更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.11793
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00