• 1.Postgraduate Training Base, Jinan Military General Hospital, Liaoning Medical College, Jinan 250031, Shandong Province, China;;
  • 2. Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Jinan Military General Hospital, Jinan 250031, Shandong Province,China;
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Objective  To explore the expression of chemokine receptor CCR7 in thyroid papillary microcarcinoma tissues and the relationship with clinicopathological features.
Methods  The CCR7 expressions in 31 cases of thyroid papillary microcarcinoma, 34 cases of thyroid papillary carcinoma which diameter>1cm, 34 cases of nodular goiter, and 12 cases of thyroid papillary microcarcinoma contralateral normal thyroid tissues were detected by using immunohistochemistry S-P method.
Results  The expression positive rates of CCR7 in thyroid papillary microcarcinoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma which diameter> 1cm were both 100%, the difference had not statistically significant (P>0.05). In nodular goiter and normal thyroid tissues, the expression positive rate of CCR7 was 64.7% and 33.3%, respectively, and compared with thyroid papillary microcarcinoma, the difference had statistically significant (P<0.05). There were not relations between the expression of CCR7 and patient’s gender, age, capsule invasion, and lymph node metastasis (P>0.05).
Conclusions  The CCR7 in thyroid papillary microcarcinoma and thyroid papillary carcinoma which diameter> 1cm are both high expressions, and have the same bionomics, both prone to cervical lymph node meta-stasis, and the radical neck dissection (central area) are both need to take.

Citation: CHAI Jixin,HE QINGqing,ZHUANG DAyong,ZHENG LUming,XI CHENhui,ZHU Jian. Expression and Clinical Significance of The Chemokine Receptor CCR7 in Thyroid Papillary Microcarcinoma. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2012, 19(4): 372-376. doi: Copy