Expression and clinical significance of CD31, CD34, and CD105 in pulmonary ground glass nodules with different vascular manifestations on CT

Chen Ran Guo, Rui Han, Feng Xue, Lin Xu, Wan Gang Ren, Meng Li, Zhen Feng, Ben Chuang Hu, Zhong Min Peng

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Abstract

Blood vessel passage on CT exerts a vital part in early diagnosis as well as treatment of carcinoma of the lungs. Intratumoral microvascular density (iMVD) has gradually become the focus of research on biological behavior, appearance, and evolution of malignant tumors nowadays. The aim of this paper was to verify whether there is a correlation between the iMVD and the vascular morphology of ground glass nodules (GGNs). A total of 109 patients with pulmonary GGN were classified into three groups (I,II, and III) according to the vascular morphology on CT, and their expression of CD31-, CD34-, and CD105-labeled iMVD was detected by the streptoavidin–biotin method, statistically analyzing the iMVD values of each group. The expression of CD31, CD34, and CD105 in different lung tissues was significantly different, with remarkably higher iMVD in lung cancer tissues than in adjacent normal lung tissues. In the imaging sort of types I, II, and III according to the means of vascular passage, the iMVD expression of CD31, CD34, and CD105 was significantly different between groups. These data suggest that the presence and the abnormal morphology of vessels seen within GGNs indicate the occurrence and progression of lung cancer in pathology. It offers a strong theoretical foundation for early diagnosis of carcinoma of the lungs, thus providing a more precise clinical diagnosis and prognosis of early-stage lung cancer.

Original languageEnglish
Article number956451
JournalFrontiers in Oncology
Volume12
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Sep 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CD105
  • aniogenesis
  • ground glass nodules
  • intratumoral micro-vascular density
  • vascular morphology

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