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VIRCHOWS ARCHIV
Volume 462, Issue 5, Pages 541-546Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-013-1409-1
Keywords
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Angiogenesis; Microvessel density; CD 31 antibody
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- Junta Asociada Provincial of the AECC, Valencia, Spain
- Gent per Gent Foundation
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The objectives of this work are to study angiogenesis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma using computerized morphometric and image analysis and to compare the microvascular density in intratumoral and peritumoral areas and normal pancreatic tissue. Microvascular density was analyzed in 60 cases of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and 30 samples of normal pancreatic tissue using an avidin-biotin immunoperoxidase technique with an anti-CD31 antibody. Microvascular density (MVD) was analyzed through digital microimaging and computerized analysis. The blood vessel density in the tumor was significantly higher than in peritumoral areas and in normal pancreatic tissue. Well differentiated pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas contained higher MVD than poorly differentiated carcinomas. In pancreatic adenocarcinoma, MVD is higher than in peritumoral tissue or normal pancreatic tissue.
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