OBJECTIVE: To study on the expression and significance of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in the nasus epithelial carcinoma and their signification. METHOD: Fifty cases of epithelial carcinoma tissue and 50 cases of normal nasus tissue were detected for MMP-2 and 9 by immunohistochemistry technique (SP), and analysed their relationships between expression of MMP-and some clinical symptoms. RESULT: The positive ratio of expression of MMP-2 in 50 cases of epithelial carcinoma was 52.0% (26/50), which was significantly higher than those in the normal nasus tissue 28.0% (14/50), P < 0.05. The positive ratio of expression of MMP-9 in 50 cases of epithelial carcinoma was 58.0% (29/50), which was significantly higher than those in the normal nasus tissue 10.0% (5/50), P < 0.05. CONCLUSION It was suggested that there was a close relationship between pathogenesis and development of nasus epithelial carcinoma and the expression of MMP-2, MMP-9 in the epithelial carcinoma tissues. The positive results of MMP-2, MMP-9 is partly valid for diagnosis of prognosis rate of MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression was high in nasus epithelial carcinoma tissues, MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression levels might be able to provide prognostic information.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; diagnosis ; metabolism ; pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 ; metabolism ; Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 ; metabolism ; Prognosis ; Uterine Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; metabolism ; pathology