The results from statistical analyses showed that the expression of both VEGF-C and VEGF-D were positively correlated with lymph node metastasis and lymphatic JAK inhibitor vessel invasion, but expression was not associated with menopause, tumor size, stromal invasion, FIGO stage, histological grade, or histological types. Similarly, Flt-4 expression was only associated with lymph node metastasis and lymphatic vessel invasion, but not with the other factors analyzed (Table 1). Table 1 Correlation of expression of VEGF-C, VEGF-D,
and Flt-4 in cervical cancer tissues with clinicopathological parameters Variables n VEGF-C VEGF-D Flt-4 (+) (-) P (+) (-) P (+) (-) P Catamenia Premenopause 68 37 31 NS 42 26 NS 33 35 NS Postmenopause 29 19 10 17 12 18 11 Tumor size (cm) ≤4 61 36 25 NS 35 26 NS 30 31 NS >4 36 20 16 24 12 21 15 Stromal invasion ≤2/3 find more 40 22 18 NS 27 13 NS 24 16 NS >2/3 57 34 23 32 25 27 30 FIGO stage I a 16 10 6 NS 7 9 NS 9 7 I b 33 18 15 22 11 18 15 II a 48 28 20 30 18 24 24 Pitavastatin nmr Histological grade NS HG1 21 9 12 NS 12 9 NS 10 11 HG2 31 18 13 20 11 15 16 HG3 45 29 16 27 18 26 19 Lymph node metastasis Negative
67 33 34 0.012 35 32 0.010 30 37 0.022 Positive 30 23 7 24 6 21 9 LVI Negative 39 16 23 0.006 18 21 0.015 14 25 0.007 Positive 58 40 18 41 17 37 21 Histological cell type SCC 81 46 35 NS 50 31 NS 43 38 NS ADE 16 10 6 9 7 8 8 Abbreviations: HG, histological grade; LVI,
lymphatic vessel invasion; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; and ADE, adenocarcinoma. P, chi-square test. Lymphatic vessel density and Flt-4 positive NADPH-cytochrome-c2 reductase vessel density Analysis under a light microscope showed that the LYVE-1 positive vessels were composed of a single layer of cells with a large nucleus extruding towards the lumen face. The basal and lumen faces were both stained in a brown-yellow color, which was clearly different from blood vessels (Figure 2A). These lymphatic vessels were mostly distributed in the stromal tissue surrounding the tumor (Figure 2B), and tumor cells were observed in some LYVE-1 positive lymphatic vessels (Figure 2C). Under the light microscope, some of the Flt-4 positive vessels showed blood vessel morphology and the others showed lymphatic vessel morphology (Figure 2D). Most of the Flt-4 positive vessels were distributed in the stromal tissue surrounding the tumors (Figure 2E). Some of the Flt-4 positive lymphatic vessels contained tumor cells which were also Flt-4 positive (Figure 2F). Figure 2 Morphological features of LYVE-1 positive lymphatic vessels and Flt-4 positive vessels in cervical cancer tissues. A. The LYVE-1 positive lymphatic vessels (→) were clearly different from blood vessels (←) ×200; B.