Abstract:Objective To investigate the expression and clinical significance of Hippo-Yes-associated protein1 (YAP1) in cervical cancer tissues. Methods The cervical cancer tissues of 100 cervical cancer patients were selected as the cervical cancer group, the cervical tissues of 100 patients with cervical CIN were selected as the CIN group and the normal cervical tissues of 100 patients with uterine fibroids were selected as the normal group in Hangzhou Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital and Cixi Maternal and Child Health Hospital from January 2013 to June 2019. The expression of YAP1 protein was determined by immunohistochemical staining. Results The positive expression rate of YAP1 protein in CIN group was higher than that in normal group (P < 0.05). The positive expression rate of YAP1 protein in cervical cancer group was higher than that in CIN group (P < 0.05). The positive expression rate of YAP1 protein in stage II cervical cancer tissues was higher than that in stage Ⅰ (P < 0.05). The positive expression rate of YAP1 protein in cervical cancer tissues with lymph node metastasis was higher than that without lymph node metastasis (P < 0.05). The comparison of YAP1 protein positive expression rates in different ages, histological types, histological grades, cervical invasion depth, neural vascular invasion and cervical invasion of cervical tissues were not statistically significant (P > 0.05). The disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) of the YAP1 positive expression group were lower than those of the YAP1 negative expression group (P < 0.05). Analysis of the COX proportional hazard model showed: YAP1 expression [Rl ^ R = 1.202 (95% CI: 1.114, 1.415)], TNM stage [Rl ^ R = 1.412 (95% CI: 1.325, 1.503)] and lymph node metastasis [Rl ^ R = 1.391 (95% CI: 1.258, 1.471)] were independent influencing factors for the overall survival of cervical cancer. Conclusions YAP1 is highly expressed in cervical cancer tissues. YAP1 expression is closely related to the clinical stage and lymph node metastasis of cervical cancer. It is an independent influencing factor for cervical cancer prognosis. Patients with high expression of YAP1 cervical cancer have poor prognosis.