目的通过检测胃癌组织中肿瘤坏死因子α诱导蛋白8(TnfAIP8)的表达,探讨其与胃癌临床病理参数的关系及与胃癌发生发展的关系,揭示胃癌的发病机制。方法采用免疫组化SP法,检测50例胃癌以及50例正常胃粘膜中TnfAIP8的表达。结果 50例正常胃粘膜组织中TnfAIP8无表达,而在50例胃癌组织中TnfAIP8阳性表达13例,TnfAIP8阳性率为26%。低分化胃癌组TnfAIP8阳性表达率明显高于中分化腺癌组(P<0.05);Ⅲ期胃癌组TnfAIP8阳性表达率明显高于Ⅱ期胃癌组(P<0.05);有淋巴结转移组TnfAIP8阳性表达明显高于无淋巴结转移组;TnfAIP8在不同性别和年龄的胃癌组织中无差异。结论 TnfAIP8的表达与患者的性别和年龄无关,而与胃癌的组织学分级、胃癌的TnM分期和淋巴结转移有相关性。TnfAIP8在胃癌组织中表达率较正常胃粘膜升高,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05),提示TnfAIP8可能参与了胃癌的发生、发展。Tumor necrosis factor-α induced protein-8(TNFAIP8) is a recently discovered antiapoptotic molecule.Recent data have demonstrated that TNFAIP8 is involved in the regulation of apoptosis,cellular signaling cascade,tumor proliferation and invasion,as well as metastasis.In this study,we aimed to investigate the expression of TNFAIP8 in patients with gastric cancer and their relationships with clinicopathology.We detected the expression of TNFAIP8 in 50 cases of gastric cancer and 50 cases of normal gastric tissues with SP immunohistochemical.In gastric cancer,the expression of TNFAIP8 was located in cytoplasm and/or nucleolus of tumor cells;the expression of TNFAIP8 in patients with gastric cancer(26%) was higher than that in the normal gastric tissues(0%,P﹤0.05).And the expression of TNFAIP8 in poor differentiated adenocarcinoma of gastric was higher compared with that in well differentiated(P < 0.05),the same difference was fund between Ⅲ andⅡ stages of adenocarcinoma.However,the expression of TNFAIP8 was on significant difference among different person with different age and gender.The results suggest that the expression of TNFAIP8 is not related with patient gender or age,but related with the stage of disease.And the expression of TNFAIP8 may be involved in the generation and development of gastric cancer.福建省自然基金(2010D009