Study of the Expression of E-cadherin, beta-catenin, and c-Met in Gastric Adenocarcinomas
Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association
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: 92-99, 2001.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
E-cadherin is an adhesion molecule essential for tight connection between cells, forming the cadherin/catenin complex. Truncated beta-catenin disrupts the interaction between E-cadherin and alpha-catenin, leading to the loss of intercellular adhesion. Met protein, the hepatocyte growth factor receptor, plays important roles in signal transduction. We investigated the relationships between the expressions of E-cadherin, beta-catenin, and c-met protein and the clinicopathological and prognostic parameters in gastric adenocarcinomas. MATENRIALS ANDMETHODS:
The patterns of E-cadherin, beta- catenin, and c-met protein expression were studied using immunohistochemistry in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded archival tissues from 76 surgically resected gastric adenocarcinomas.RESULTS:
Increased expressions of E-cadherin, beta-catenin, and c-met were more significantly correlated in early gastric cancers (EGC) than in advanced gastric cancers (AGC) (P=0.002, P=0.003 and P=0.026). The positive immunoreactivities of all three markers were markedly lower in signet ring-cell type and poorly differentiated type lesions than in intestinal-type lesions. Decreased expression of the beta-catenin protein correlated well with increased tumor invasion depth (P=0.039), and increased lymph node metastasis correlated well with reduced expression of c-met (P=0.046).CONCLUSION:
In gastric cancers, reduced expressions of the E-cadherin, beta-catenin, and c-met proteins may play some role in poorer tumor differentiation, deeper tumor invasion, and increased lymph node metastasis. Also, the c-met gene is thought to play a specific role in the mechanism of the yet unknown catenin action.
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Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Gástricas
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Inmunohistoquímica
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Adenocarcinoma
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Transducción de Señal
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Cadherinas
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Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-met
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Beta Catenina
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Alfa Catenina
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Ganglios Linfáticos
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Metástasis de la Neoplasia
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio pronóstico
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association
Año:
2001
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