Abstract:Objective To investigate the changes and clinical significance of serum endoglin (CD105) level in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade III patients with high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection.Methods A total of 352 CIN III patients who underwent loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) in Henan Veterans Hospital from January 2018 to February 2022 were selected as the disease group, and 352 healthy women who underwent physical examination in the hospital during the same period were selected as the control group. The serum CD105 levels were measured and compared between the two groups. According to the HPV infection of patients in the disease group, they were divided into HR-HPV infection group and non-HR-HPV infection group. The serum CD105 levels between HR-HPV infection group and non-HR-HPV infection group were compared. The CIN III patients were followed up for 1 year after surgery. During the follow-up period, the CIN III patients with HR-HPV infection were divided into recurrence group and non-recurrence group according to the recurrence. The serum CD105 levels and general information were compared between the recurrence group and the non-recurrence group. The influencing factors of postoperative recurrence in CIN III patients with HR-HPV infection was analyzed by using multivariate logistic regression analysis, and the predictive value of serum CD105 level for postoperative recurrence in CIN III patients with HR-HPV infection was analyzed by drawing receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.Results The preoperative serum CD105 level in the disease group was higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). The preoperative serum CD105 level in the HR-HPV infection group was higher than that in the non-HR-HPV infection group (P<0.05). A total of 24 cases were lost in the disease group, and 35 cases had postoperative recurrence among the 328 CIN III patients, and the postoperative recurrence rate was 10.67%. Among the 289 CIN III patients with HR-HPV infection, 32 cases had postoperative recurrence, and the postoperative recurrence rate was 11.07%. The proportions of multiple sexual partners, menopause, high preoperative HR-HPV load, positive surgical margin, involved glands and serum CD105 level before surgery, serum CD105 level 6 months after surgery in the recurrence group were higher than those in the non-recurrence group (P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that menopause, high preoperative HR-HPV load, positive surgical margin, involvement of glands and high serum CD105 levels before and 6 months after surgery were risk factors for postoperative recurrence in CIN III patients with HR-HPV infection (P<0.05). The ROC results showed that the sensitivity, specificity and area under curve (AUC) of serum CD105 level 6 months after surgery in predicting postoperative recurrence of CIN III patients with HR-HPV infection were 87.50%, 72.76% and 0.841 respectively. The sensitivity, specificity and AUC of preoperative serum CD105 level in predicting postoperative recurrence of CIN III patients with HR-HPV infection were 81.25%, 71.98% and 0.808 respectively.Conclusion The serum CD105 level in CIN III patients with HR-HPV infection is abnormally elevated, and the serum CD105 level is a influencing factor for postoperative recurrence in such patients, and it has a good predictive value for postoperative recurrence and can be used as an important biochemical indicator for predicting the prognosis of CIN III patients with HR-HPV infection.