When primary carcinomas without metastatic disease were specifically compared to carcinomas with associated metastatic disease, the advanced carcinomas showed relatively less strong positive labeling for EphA2 (P < 0.008).
Immunohistochemical staining was used to determine the protein expression levels of EphA2 and VEGF in 59 surgically resected tongue carcinomas and 10 tumor-free mucosas.
PI3K/MMPs/Ln-5γ2 and EphA2/FAK/Paxillin as key signaling pathways in a coordinated manner contributed to tumor growth and VM of gallbladder carcinomas and provided novel targets that could be potentially exploited for therapeutic intervention of human gallbladder carcinomas.