Transforming Growth Factor Beta-1 in Human Colorectal Cancer Patients
Özgür Kemik 1 * , Ahu Sarbay Kemik 2, Sevim Purisa 2, İsmail Hasırcı 1, Ahmet Cumhur Dülger 1, Mine Adaş 3, Sefa Tüzün 4
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1 Yuzuncu Yıl University Medical Faculty, Van, Turkey2 İstanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey3 Okmeydanı Training Hospital, Department of Endocrinology, Istanbul, Turkey4 Haseki Training Hospital, II. General Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Aim: Colorectal cancer patients are treated with surgery and sometimes radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1) acts both as an inhibitor of tumor growth and as a promoter of tumor progression. The aim of this study was to determine the levels of TGF-β1 in plasma in colorectal cancer patients and relate these to the effect of clinicopathological variables. Method: One hundred patients scheduled for colorectal cancer surgery were included. Blood samples were taken during surgery and later assayed with enzyme linked immunsorbent assay for total TGF-β1 and active TGF-β1. Result: Total and active TGF-β1 was higher in tumor samples compared to controls (p<0.001).Total TGF-β1 was higher in patients with metastases compared to patients without. Active TGF-β1 levels were not found statistically different in patients with metastases.. Conclusion: Higher levels of total TGF-β1 in plasma at surgery may be indicate of distant metastases, Measurement of total TGF-β1 in colorectal cancer patients may be of clinical use in the future.

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Article Type: Original Article

EUR J GEN MED, 2011, Volume 8, Issue 1, 53-56

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82697

Publication date: 11 Jan 2011

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