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Hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha and 2 alpha expression is independent of anemia in patients with stage I endometrial cancer.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether anemia, a putative factor counteracting the efficacy of radiotherapy, up-regulates the endogenous markers of intratumoral hypoxia, the hypoxia inducible factors HIF1 alpha and HIF2 alpha. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-two hysterectomy specimens harboring endometrial adenocarcinomas of the endometrioid cell type, stage I were investigated immunohistochemically for the expression of HIF1 alpha, HIF2 alpha and the down-stream inducible expression of vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF. The results were correlated with hemoglobin (Hb) levels. RESULTS: There was no significant association between Hb levels and the expression of HIF1 alpha, HIF2 alpha or VEGF in our material. CONCLUSION: Activation of hypoxia pathways is an intrinsic self-regulated process, independent of Hb levels in endometrial adenocarcinomas. Other factors such as microvessel density (MVD), vessel/tumor cell distance or genetic events may be important.[1]

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  1. Hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha and 2 alpha expression is independent of anemia in patients with stage I endometrial cancer. Koukourakis, M.I., Giatromanolaki, A., Liberis, V., Sivridis, E. Anticancer Res. (2002) [Pubmed]
 
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