Microvessel density, a surrogate marker of angiogenesis, is significantly related to survival in multiple myeloma patients
Microvessel density, a surrogate marker of angiogenesis, is significantly related to survival in multiple myeloma patients
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03654.x
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发表时间:
2002-09-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
Viale, G
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作者:
Pruneri, G;Ponzoni, M;Viale, G
We evaluated microvessel density (MVD) in bone marrow biopsies (BM) from multiple myeloma (MM) patients after staining with anti-CD34 and anti-CD105 antibodies (mAbs). The anti-CD105 mAb was significantly more sensitive than the anti-CD34 mAb in visualizing blood vessels both in controls and MM samples. MVD was significantly higher in MM than in controls with both anti-CD34 and anti-CD105 mAbs. Patients with low CD34(+) MVD survived longer than patients with higher MVD (P = 0.01), whereas there was no difference in survival between patients with low and high CD105(+) MVD. Multivariate analysis confirmed the independent significant association between CD34(+) MVD and survival (P = 0.001).