Abstract:Objective To investigate the expression and distribution of Glypican-1 in glioma and the correlations with clinicopathology and prognosis. Methods The expression and distribution of Glypican-1 were detected by immunohistochemistry method in the tissue microarray from 171 glioma patients, and the correlations with clinicopathological features and overall survival of glioma patients were analyzed. Results Glypican-1 was expressed in both cytoplasm and cytomembrane of tumor cells in glioma tissues. Difference of the high expression rate of Glypican-1 in cytoplasm of glioma cells with different ages showed statistically significance (P < 0.05). Difference of the high expression rate of Glypican-1 in cytoplasm of glioma cells with different genders and pathological grades showed no statistically significance (P > 0.05). Glypican-1 expression in cytomembrane of glioma cells in Ⅲ and Ⅳ grade glioma was higher than that in Ⅰ and Ⅱ grade glioma (P < 0.05). However, there was no significant difference in the rate of high expression of glypican-1 between different genders and ages (P > 0.05). Difference of overall survival of glioma patients with different Glypican-1 expression in cytoplasm of tumor cells showed no statistically significance (P > 0.05), while glioma patients with higher Glypican-1 expression in cytomembrane of glioma cells had shorter overall survival (P < 0.05). Age > 50 years old [Hl ^ R = 0.325 (95% CI: 0.185, 0.570)], tumor grade Ⅲ and Ⅳ [Hl ^ R = 14.658 (95% CI: 6.835, 31.432)] and high expression of glypican-1 in glioma cell membrane [Hl ^ R = 2.351 (95% CI: 1.081, 5.114)] were the influencing factors of patients' prognosis. Conclusions Glypican-1 accumulation in cytomembrane of glioma cells in glioma is associated with high WHO grade (P < 0.05) and low overall survival (P < 0.05).