Selective expression of progesterone receptor in malignant melanoma was inversely correlated with PCNA / 华中科技大学学报(医学)(英德文版)
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences)
; (6): 216-8, 2008.
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ABSTRACT
To investigate the role of progesterone receptor (PR) expression in malignant melanoma (MM), PR and proliferative cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression were immunohistochemistrically evaluated in a series of 35 specimens of MM, and the correlation between the immunohistochemistrical findings and clinicopathological data was also analyzed. PR expression was detected in 25.7% (9/35) of the patients with MM. No PR expression was observed in nevi. PR expression was inversely correlated with PCNA expression (r=-0.353, P=0.026). PR expression was slightly increased in females, subjects aged under 55 y, those with ulceration, non-acral subtype and diagnosis delay longer than 1 y, but the difference was not statistically significant. Selective expression of progesterone receptor in malignant melanoma might be correlated with inhibited tumor growth.
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Pronóstico
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Piel
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Neoplasias Cutáneas
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Inmunohistoquímica
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Receptores de Progesterona
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Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica
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Antígeno Nuclear de Célula en Proliferación
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Melanoma
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Modelos Biológicos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences)
Año:
2008
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Article