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BMC Cancer ; 24(1): 794, 2024 Jul 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38961454

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BACKGROUND: Kallikrein-related peptidase 7 (KLK7) is a chymotrypsin-like serine protease which is essential for the desquamation of corneocytes and thus plays a pivotal role in maintaining skin homeostasis. In cancer, KLK7 overexpression was suggested to represent a route for metastasis through cleavage of cell junction and extracellular matrix proteins of cancer cells. METHODS: To comprehensively determine KLK7 protein expression in normal and neoplastic tissues, a tissue microarray containing 13,447 samples from 147 different tumor types and subtypes as well as 608 samples of 76 different normal tissue types was analyzed by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: KLK7 positivity was found in 64 of 147 tumor categories, including 17 tumor categories with at least one strongly positive case. The highest rate of KLK7 positivity was found in squamous cell carcinomas from various sites of origin (positive in 18.1%-63.8%), ovarian and endometrium cancers (4.8%-56.2%), salivary gland tumors (4.8%-13.7%), bilio-pancreatic adenocarcinomas (20.0%-40.4%), and adenocarcinomas of the upper gastrointestinal tract (3.3%-12.5%). KLK7 positivity was linked to nodal metastasis (p = 0.0005), blood vessel infiltration (p = 0.0037), and lymph vessel infiltration (p < 0.0001) in colorectal adenocarcinoma, nodal metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma (p = 0.0382), advanced pathological tumor stage in papillary thyroid cancer (p = 0.0132), and low grade of malignancy in a cohort of 719 squamous cell carcinomas from 11 different sites of origin (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: These data provide a comprehensive overview on KLK7 expression in normal and neoplastic human tissues. The prognostic relevance of KLK7 expression and the possible role of KLK7 as a drug target need to be further investigated.


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Calicreínas , Neoplasias , Análise Serial de Tecidos , Humanos , Calicreínas/metabolismo , Neoplasias/patologia , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Feminino , Imuno-Histoquímica , Masculino
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J Pathol ; 260(1): 5-16, 2023 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36656126

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The Ki-67 labeling index (Ki-67 LI) is a strong prognostic marker in prostate cancer, although its analysis requires cumbersome manual quantification of Ki-67 immunostaining in 200-500 tumor cells. To enable automated Ki-67 LI assessment in routine clinical practice, a framework for automated Ki-67 LI quantification, which comprises three different artificial intelligence analysis steps and an algorithm for cell-distance analysis of multiplex fluorescence immunohistochemistry (mfIHC) staining, was developed and validated in a cohort of 12,475 prostate cancers. The prognostic impact of the Ki-67 LI was tested on a tissue microarray (TMA) containing one 0.6 mm sample per patient. A 'heterogeneity TMA' containing three to six samples from different tumor areas in each patient was used to model Ki-67 analysis of multiple different biopsies, and 30 prostate biopsies were analyzed to compare a 'classical' bright field-based Ki-67 analysis with the mfIHC-based framework. The Ki-67 LI provided strong and independent prognostic information in 11,845 analyzed prostate cancers (p < 0.001 each), and excellent agreement was found between the framework for automated Ki-67 LI assessment and the manual quantification in prostate biopsies from routine clinical practice (intraclass correlation coefficient: 0.94 [95% confidence interval: 0.87-0.97]). The analysis of the heterogeneity TMA revealed that the Ki-67 LI of the sample with the highest Gleason score (area under the curve [AUC]: 0.68) was as prognostic as the mean Ki-67 LI of all six foci (AUC: 0.71 [p = 0.24]). The combined analysis of the Ki-67 LI and Gleason score obtained on identical tissue spots showed that the Ki-67 LI added significant additional prognostic information in case of classical International Society of Urological Pathology grades (AUC: 0.82 [p = 0.002]) and quantitative Gleason score (AUC: 0.83 [p = 0.018]). The Ki-67 LI is a powerful prognostic parameter in prostate cancer that is now applicable in routine clinical practice. In the case of multiple cancer-positive biopsies, the sole automated analysis of the worst biopsy was sufficient. © 2023 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.


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Inteligência Artificial , Neoplasias da Próstata , Masculino , Humanos , Antígeno Ki-67 , Imuno-Histoquímica , Neoplasias da Próstata/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Prognóstico
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Mod Pathol ; 36(4): 100089, 2023 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36788088

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Focal T lymphocyte aggregates commonly occur in colorectal cancer; however, their biological significance is unknown. To study focal aggregates of T lymphocytes, a deep learning-based framework for automated identification of T cell accumulations (T cell nests) was developed using CD8, PD-1, CD112R, and Ki67 multiplex fluorescence immunohistochemistry. To evaluate the clinical significance of these parameters, a cohort of 523 colorectal cancers with clinical follow-up data was analyzed. Spatial analysis of locally enriched CD8+ T cell density and cell-to-cell contacts identified T cell nests in the tumor microenvironment of colorectal cancer. CD112R and PD-1 expressions on CD8+ T cells located in T cell nests were found to be elevated compared with those on CD8+ T cells in all other tumor compartments (P < .001 each). Although the highest mean CD112R expression on CD8+ T cells was observed at the invasive margin, the PD-1 expression on CD8+ T cells was elevated in the center of the tumor (P < .001 each). Across all tissue compartments, proliferating CD8+ T cells showed higher relative CD112R and PD-1 expressions than those shown by non-proliferating CD8+ T cells (P < .001 each). Integration of all available spatial and immune checkpoint expression parameters revealed a superior predictive performance for overall survival (area under the curve, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.60-0.70) compared with the commonly used CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte density (area under the curve, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.53-0.61; P < .001). Cytotoxic T cells with elevated CD112R and PD-1 expression levels are orchestrated in T cell nests of colorectal cancer and predict favorable patient outcomes, and the spatial nonredundancy underlies fundamental differences between both inhibitory immune checkpoints that provide a rationale for dual anti-CD112R/PD-1 immune checkpoint therapy.


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Neoplasias Colorretais , Linfócitos T Citotóxicos , Humanos , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos , Neoplasias Colorretais/patologia , Linfócitos do Interstício Tumoral , Prognóstico , Receptor de Morte Celular Programada 1/genética , Linfócitos T Citotóxicos/patologia , Microambiente Tumoral , Regulação para Cima
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Lab Invest ; 102(6): 650-657, 2022 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35091676

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CTLA-4 is an inhibitory immune checkpoint receptor and a negative regulator of anti-tumor T-cell function. This study is aimed for a comparative analysis of CTLA-4+ cells between different tumor entities. To quantify CTLA-4+ cells, 4582 tumor samples from 90 different tumor entities as well as 608 samples of 76 different normal tissue types were analyzed by immunohistochemistry in a tissue microarray format. Two different antibody clones (MSVA-152R and CAL49) were validated and quantified using a deep learning framework for automated exclusion of unspecific immunostaining. Comparing both CTLA-4 antibodies revealed a clone dependent unspecific staining pattern in adrenal cortical adenoma (63%) for MSVA-152R and in pheochromocytoma (67%) as well as hepatocellular carcinoma (36%) for CAL49. After automated exclusion of non-specific staining reaction (3.6%), a strong correlation was observed for the densities of CTLA-4+ lymphocytes obtained by both antibodies (r = 0.87; p < 0.0001). A high CTLA-4+ cell density was linked to low pT category (p < 0.0001), absent lymph node metastases (p = 0.0354), and PD-L1 expression in tumor cells or inflammatory cells (p < 0.0001 each). A high CTLA-4/CD3-ratio was linked to absent lymph node metastases (p = 0.0295) and to PD-L1 positivity on immune cells (p = 0.0026). Marked differences exist in the number of CTLA-4+ lymphocytes between tumors. Analyzing two independent antibodies by a deep learning framework can facilitate automated quantification of immunohistochemically analyzed target proteins such as CTLA-4.


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Antígeno CTLA-4 , Neoplasias Hepáticas , Anticorpos , Inteligência Artificial , Antígeno B7-H1/metabolismo , Antígeno CTLA-4/análise , Humanos , Metástase Linfática
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Exp Mol Pathol ; 126: 104762, 2022 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35390310

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Combined analysis of cytokeratin 7 (CK7) and cytokeratin 20 (CK20) is often used for assessing the origin of metastatic cancer. To evaluate the diagnostic utility of CK7 and CK20, tissue microarrays containing 15,424 samples from 120 different tumor types and subtypes and 608 samples of 76 different normal tissue types were analyzed by immunohistochemistry. CK7 positivity was seen in 52% (8.7% weak, 5.9% moderate, 37% strong) and CK20 positivity in 23% (5.1% weak, 3.4% moderate, 15% strong) of interpretable tumors. Of 8390 positive tumors, 1181 (14%) showed positivity for CK7 and CK20, 5380 (64%) showed positivity for CK7 alone, and 1829 (22%) showed positivity for CK20 alone. CK20 predominated in gastrointestinal tract, urothelial and Merkel cell carcinomas. CK7 was usually negative in prostate cancer and colorectal cancer. Combined evaluation of CK7/CK20 revealed the best diagnostic utility in CK20 positive tumors, where CK7 negativity is often linked to colorectal origin while CK7 positivity argues for urothelial origin or mucinous ovarian cancer. Associations with unfavorable tumor features were found for cytokeratin 7 loss in breast cancer of no special type, urothelial and renal cell carcinomas, for CK7 overexpression in high-grade serous ovarian and gastric cancer, and for CK20 overexpression in urothelial carcinoma. CK20 loss was linked to MSI in gastric (p = 0.0291) and colorectal adenocarcinoma (p < 0.0001). These analyses provide comprehensive data on the frequency of CK7 and CK20 immunostaining - alone or in combination - in human cancers. These data facilitate interpretation of CK7/CK20 immunostaining in cancers.


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Carcinoma de Células de Transição , Neoplasias Colorretais , Queratina-20 , Queratina-7 , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células de Transição/genética , Carcinoma de Células de Transição/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células de Transição/patologia , Neoplasias Colorretais/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais/metabolismo , Neoplasias Colorretais/patologia , Humanos , Proteínas de Filamentos Intermediários/genética , Proteínas de Filamentos Intermediários/metabolismo , Queratina-20/genética , Queratina-20/metabolismo , Queratina-7/genética , Queratina-7/metabolismo , Queratinas/análise , Queratinas/metabolismo , Masculino , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/genética , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/metabolismo
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Pathobiology ; 89(4): 245-258, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35477165

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INTRODUCTION: Trophoblast cell surface antigen 2 (TROP2) is the target of sacituzumab govitecan, an antibody-drug conjugate approved for treatment of triple negative breast cancer and urothelial carcinoma. METHODS: A tissue microarray containing 18,563 samples from 150 different tumor types and subtypes as well as 608 samples of 76 different normal tissue types was analyzed by TROP2 immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: TROP2 positivity was found in 109 tumor categories, including squamous cell carcinomas of various origins, urothelial, breast, prostate, pancreatic, and ovarian cancers (>95% positive). High TROP2 expression was linked to advanced stage (p = 0.0069) and nodal metastasis (p < 0.0001) in colorectal cancer as well as to nodal metastasis in gastric adenocarcinoma (p = 0.0246) and papillary thyroid cancer (p = 0.0013). Low TROP2 expression was linked to advanced stage in urothelial carcinoma (p < 0.0001), high pT (p = 0.0024), and high grade (p < 0.0001) in breast cancer, as well as with high Fuhrmann grade (p < 0.0001) and pT stage (p = 0.0009) in papillary renal cell carcinomas. CONCLUSION: TROP2 is expressed in many epithelial neoplasms. TROP2 deregulation can be associated with cancer progression in a tumor-type dependent manner. Since anti-TROP2 cancer drugs have demonstrated efficiency, they may be applicable to a broad range of tumor entities in the future.


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Adenocarcinoma , Carcinoma de Células de Transição , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária , Adenocarcinoma/patologia , Antígenos de Neoplasias , Moléculas de Adesão Celular/metabolismo , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Trofoblastos/metabolismo , Trofoblastos/patologia
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Mol Med ; 27(1): 16, 2021 02 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33588765

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BACKGROUND: Cytokeratin 18 (CK18) is an intermediate filament protein of the cytokeratin acidic type I group and is primarily expressed in single-layered or "simple" epithelial tissues and carcinomas of different origin. METHODS: To systematically determine CK18 expression in normal and cancerous tissues, 11,952 tumor samples from 115 different tumor types and subtypes (including carcinomas, mesenchymal and biphasic tumors) as well as 608 samples of 76 different normal tissue types were analyzed by immunohistochemistry in a tissue microarray format. RESULTS: CK18 was expressed in normal epithelial cells of most organs but absent in normal squamous epithelium. At least an occasional weak CK18 positivity was seen in 90 of 115 (78.3%) tumor types. Wide-spread CK18 positivity was seen in 37 (31.9%) of tumor entities, including adenocarcinomas of the lung, prostate, colon and pancreas as well as ovarian cancer. Tumor categories with variable CK18 immunostaining included cancer types arising from CK18 positive precursor cells but show CK18 downregulation in a fraction of cases, tumor types arising from CK18 negative precursor cells occasionally exhibiting CK18 neo-expression, tumors derived from normal tissues with variable CK18 expression, and tumors with a mixed differentiation. CK18 downregulation was for example seen in renal cell cancers and breast cancers, whereas CK18 neo-expression was found in squamous cell carcinomas of various origins. Down-regulation of CK18 in invasive breast carcinomas of no special type and clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCC) was related to adverse tumor features in both tumors (p ≤ 0.0001) and poor patient prognosis in ccRCC (p = 0.0088). Up-regulation of CK18 in squamous cell carcinomas was linked to high grade and lymph node metastasis (p < 0.05). In summary, CK18 is consistently expressed in various epithelial cancers, especially adenocarcinomas. CONCLUSIONS: Down-regulation or loss of CK18 expression in cancers arising from CK18 positive tissues as well as CK18 neo-expression in cancers originating from CK18 negative tissues is linked to cancer progression and may reflect tumor dedifferentiation.


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Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/métodos , Queratina-18/metabolismo , Neoplasias/diagnóstico , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Detecção Precoce de Câncer , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Masculino , Gradação de Tumores , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Neoplasias/patologia , Prognóstico , Análise de Sobrevida , Análise Serial de Tecidos
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World J Urol ; 39(3): 829-837, 2021 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32361874

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PURPOSE: DNA ploidy measurement has earlier been suggested as a potentially powerful prognostic tool in many cancer types, but the role in renal tumors is still unclear. METHODS: To clarify its prognostic impact, we analyzed the DNA content of 1320 kidney tumors, including clear cell, papillary and chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (RCC) as well as renal oncocytoma and compared these data with clinico-pathological parameters and patient prognosis. RESULTS: A non-diploid DNA content was seen in 37% of 1276 analyzable renal tumors with a striking predominance in chromophobe carcinoma (74.3% of 70 cases). In clear cell carcinoma, a non-diploid DNA content was significantly linked to high-grade (ISUP, Fuhrman, Thoenes; p < 0.0001 each), advanced tumor stage (p = 0.0011), distant metastasis (p < 0.0001), shortened overall survival (p = 0.0010), and earlier recurrence (p < 0.0001). In papillary carcinoma, an aberrant DNA content was significantly linked to high Fuhrman grade (p = 0.0063), distant metastasis (p = 0.0138), shortened overall survival (p = 0.0010), and earlier recurrence (p = 0.0003). CONCLUSION: In summary, the results of our study identify a non-diploid DNA content as a predictor of an unfavorable prognosis in clear cell and papillary carcinoma.


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Carcinoma de Células Renais/química , Carcinoma de Células Renais/genética , DNA de Neoplasias/análise , DNA de Neoplasias/genética , Neoplasias Renais/química , Neoplasias Renais/genética , Ploidias , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Carcinoma de Células Renais/mortalidade , Humanos , Neoplasias Renais/mortalidade , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Taxa de Sobrevida
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Acta Oncol ; 60(9): 1210-1217, 2021 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34092167

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BACKGROUND: Immune checkpoint-inhibitors targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 system are FDA approved in microsatellite instable (MSI) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) colorectal cancer (CRC). PD-L1 expression is tightly linked to features connected to immune checkpoint inhibitor response, but studies on large subsets of cancers analyzing the correlation between different status of MSI/dMMR, tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and PD-L1 expression are still lacking. METHODS: More than 1800 CRC were analyzed for PD-L1 by immunohistochemistry in a tissue microarray format. Data were compared to MMR, the number of intratumoral CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells, and adverse clinico-pathological parameters. Different cutoff levels for defining PD-L1 positivity in tumor cells (1%, 5%, 10%, and 50%) yielded comparable results. RESULTS: At a cutoff level of 5%, PD-L1 positivity was seen in 5.1% of tumors. PD-L1 was more often positive in dMMR (18.6%) than in MMR proficient (pMMR) cancers (4.1%; p < 0.0001). The number of intratumoral CD8+ lymphocytes was strikingly higher in PD-L1 positive (939.5 ± 118.2) than in PD-L1 negative cancers (310.5 ± 24.8). A higher number of intratumoral CD8+ lymphocytes was found in dMMR CRC (PD-L1 positive: 1999.7 ± 322.0; PD-L1 negative: 398.6 ± 128.0; p < 0.0001) compared to pMMR CRC (PD-L1 positive: 793.2 ± 124.8; PD-L1 negative: 297.2 ± 24.2; p < 0.0001). In dMMR and pMMR CRC, PD-L1 expression in tumor cells was unrelated to tumor stage, lymph node status or lymphatic/venous invasion. PD-L1 positivity in tumor associated immune cells was seen in 47.5% of cases and was significantly linked to high numbers of tumor infiltrating CD8+, low tumor stage, and absence of lymph node metastasis and lymphatic/venous invasion (p < 0.0001 each). CONCLUSION: The data support the previously suggested fact that PD-L1 expression in tumor cells is driven by extensive cytotoxic T-cell infiltration in highly immunogenic dMMR and pMMR CRC. Frequent and intense PD-L1 expression in tumor cells of dMMR CRC may contribute to the high response rates of dMMR CRC to immune checkpoint-inhibitors.


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Neoplasias Colorretais , Reparo de Erro de Pareamento de DNA , Antígeno B7-H1/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais/genética , Reparo de Erro de Pareamento de DNA/genética , Humanos , Instabilidade de Microssatélites , Linfócitos T Citotóxicos
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Ann Diagn Pathol ; 54: 151793, 2021 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34425503

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Thyroglobulin is a secreted 660 kDa glycoprotein produced by thyroid follicular cells used in diagnostic pathology to secure or exclude a thyroidal origin of metastases of unknown primary tumors. This study was performed to estimate specificity of thyroglobulin immunohistochemistry. 9974 tumor samples from 109 different tumor types and subtypes as well as 608 samples of 76 different normal tissue types were analyzed by immunohistochemistry in a tissue microarray format. Thyroglobulin was strongly expressed in all normal thyroid samples but not in any other normal tissues. Thyroglobulin immunostaining was detected in 99.1% of 106 thyroid adenomas, 98.1% of 364 papillary, 95.2% of 147 follicular, and 7.5% of 40 anaplastic thyroid cancers. Twelve of 15 thyroid samples that were thyroglobulin negative on TMAs showed at least a weak focal thyroglobulin positivity in corresponding large sections, suggesting higher sensitivity of large section analysis. Thyroglobulin positivity in one diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the thyroid, one chondrosarcoma metastasis to the thyroid, and 42.4% of 92 medullary thyroid cancers was considered to be caused by diffusion of thyroidal colloid from destroyed or even intact adjacent follicles. Thyroglobulin positivity was, however, not seen in 6403 extrathyroidal tumors from 104 different tumor types and subtypes. Our data demonstrate a complete specificity of positive thyroglobulin immunostaining for thyroid origin in tumor tissues obtained from extrathyroidal locations. However, for all tumors located within the thyroid, false positivity can occur as a result of tissue contamination by thyroglobulin rich thyroid colloid from adjacent normal tissue.


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Carcinoma Neuroendócrino/metabolismo , Imuno-Histoquímica , Tireoglobulina/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/patologia , Carcinoma Neuroendócrino/patologia , Feminino , Humanos , Técnicas Imunoenzimáticas , Imuno-Histoquímica/métodos , Tireoglobulina/análise , Glândula Tireoide/patologia , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/metabolismo
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Med Mol Morphol ; 54(2): 156-165, 2021 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33373033

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Mucin 5AC (MUC5AC) is a secreted gel-forming mucin expressed by several epithelia. In the colon, MUC5AC is expressed in scattered normal epithelial cells but can be abundant in colorectal cancers. To clarify the relationship of MUC5AC expression with parameters of tumor aggressiveness and mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR) in colorectal cancer, a tissue microarray containing 1812 colorectal cancers was analyzed by immunohistochemistry. MUC5AC expression was found in 261 (15.7%) of 1,667 analyzable colorectal cancers. MUC5AC expression strongly depended on the tumor location and gradually decreased from proximal (27.4% of cecum cancers) to distal (10.6% of rectal cancers; p < 0.0001). MUC5AC expression was also strongly linked to dMMR. dMMR was found in 21.3% of 169 cancers with MUC5AC positivity but in only 4.6% of 1051 cancers without detectable MUC5AC expression (p < 0.0001). A multivariate analysis showed that dMMR status and tumor localization predicted MUC5AC expression independently (p < 0.0001 each). MUC5AC expression was unrelated to pT and pN status. This also applied to the subgroups of 1136 proficient MMR (pMMR) and of 84 dMMR cancers. The results of our study show a strong association of MUC5AC expression with proximal and dMMR colorectal cancers. However, MUC5AC expression is unrelated to colon cancer aggressiveness.


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Neoplasias Colorretais/metabolismo , Reparo de Erro de Pareamento de DNA , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Mucina-5AC/genética , Idoso , Neoplasias Colorretais/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais/patologia , Progressão da Doença , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica
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Int J Cancer ; 147(2): 575-583, 2020 07 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32150281

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Altered expression of the carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM1) has been linked to adverse tumor features in various cancer types. To better understand the role of CEACAM1 in prostate cancer, we analyzed a tissue microarray containing tumor spots from 17,747 prostate cancer patients by means of immunohistochemistry. Normal prostate glands showed intense membranous CEACAM1 positivity. Immunostaining was interpretable in 13,625 cancers and was considered high in 28%, low in 43% and absent in 29% of tumors. Low and lost CEACAM1 expression was strongly linked to adverse tumor features including high classical and quantitative Gleason grade, lymph node metastasis, advanced tumor stage, positive surgical margin, a high number of genomic deletions and early biochemical recurrence (p < 0.0001 each). Subset analysis of molecularly defined cancer subsets revealed that these associations were strongest in V-ets avian erythroblastosis virus E26 oncogene homolog (ERG) fusion-positive cancers and that CEACAM1 loss was prognostic even in tumors harboring genomic deletions of the phosphatase and tensin homolog tumor suppressor (p < 0.0001). Multivariate analysis suggested that CEACAM1 analysis can provide independent prognostic information beyond established prognosis parameters at the stage of the initial biopsy when therapy decisions must be taken. In conclusion, loss of CEACAM1 expression predicts poor prognosis in prostate cancer and might provide clinically useful prognostic information particularly in cancers harboring the TMPRSS2:ERG fusion.


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Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Moléculas de Adesão Celular/metabolismo , Regulação para Baixo , Proteínas de Fusão Oncogênica/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/cirurgia , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Metástase Linfática , Masculino , Gradação de Tumores , Prognóstico , Antígeno Prostático Específico/metabolismo , Prostatectomia , Neoplasias da Próstata/metabolismo , Deleção de Sequência , Análise Serial de Tecidos , Resultado do Tratamento
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Ann Surg Oncol ; 27(10): 3997-4006, 2020 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32108923

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BACKGROUND: Microsatellite instability (MSI) has emerged as a predictive biomarker for immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. Cancer heterogeneity represents a potential obstacle for the analysis of predicitive biomarkers. MSI has been reported in pancreatic cancer, but data on the possible extent of intratumoral heterogeneity are lacking. METHODS: To study MSI heterogeneity in pancreatic cancer, a tissue microarray (TMA) comprising 597 tumors was screened by immunohistochemistry with antibodies for the mismatch repair (MMR) proteins MLH1, PMS2, MSH2, and MSH6. RESULTS: In six suspicious cases, large section immunohistochemistry and microsatellite analysis (Bethesda panel) resulted in the identification of 4 (0.8%) validated MSI cases out of 480 interpretable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas. MSI was absent in 55 adenocarcinomas of the ampulla of Vater and 7 acinar cell carcinomas. MMR deficiency always involved MSH6 loss, in three cases with additional loss of MSH2 expression. Three cancers were MSI-high and one case with isolated MSH6 loss was MSS in PCR analysis. The analysis of 44 cancer-containing tumor blocks revealed that the loss of MMR protein expression was always homogeneous in affected tumors. Automated digital image analysis of CD8 immunostaining demonstrated markedly higher CD8 + tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in tumors with (mean = 685, median = 626) than without (mean = 227; median = 124) MMR deficiency (p < 0.0001), suggesting a role of MSI for immune response. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that MSI occurs early in a small subset of ductal adenocarcinomas of the pancreas and that immunohistochemical MMR analysis on limited biopsy or cytology material may be sufficient to estimate MMR status of the entire cancer mass.


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Neoplasias Pancreáticas , Neoplasias Encefálicas , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos , Neoplasias Colorretais , Reparo de Erro de Pareamento de DNA/genética , Humanos , Instabilidade de Microssatélites , Proteína 1 Homóloga a MutL/genética , Proteína 2 Homóloga a MutS/genética , Síndromes Neoplásicas Hereditárias , Neoplasias Pancreáticas
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Gynecol Oncol ; 156(3): 669-675, 2020 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31924330

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OBJECTIVE: Mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency and Bethesda panel microsatellite instability (MSI) are increasingly analyzed to identify tumors that might benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors, but tumor heterogeneity is a potential obstacle for such analyses. In ovarian cancer, data on intratumoral heterogeneity of MMR deficiency/MSI are lacking. METHODS: N = 582 ovarian cancers were screened for MMR deficiency by immunohistochemistry (IHC) on a tissue microarray. 10 cases suspect for MMR deficiency were identified among 478 interpretable cancers and repeated IHC on large sections combined with polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based MSI analysis validated MMR deficiency/MSI in 9 of these tumors. RESULTS: MMR deficiency/MSI was predominantly seen in endmetrioid cancers (8 of 35, 23%) and also in 1 of 358 serous carcinomas (0.3%), but was absent in 34 mucinous carcinomas, 23 clear cell carcinomas, 17 malignant mixed Mullerian tumors (carcinosarcomas), and 11 mixed carcinomas. MMR deficiency involed protein loss of PMS2/MLH1 in 6 cases and of MSH2 and/or MSH6 in 3 cases. 7 MMR deficient cancers were MSI-high (all endometrioid), one was MSI-low (endometrioid) and one cancer with unequivocal MMR protein loss exhibited microsatellite stability (serous). MLH1 promotor methylation was observed in 4 of 5 endometrioid cancers with MLH1 protein loss. Immunostaining of all available cancer-containing tissue blocks (n = 114) of tumors with confirmed MMR deficiency/MSI revealed uniform MMR status throughout the entire tumor mass. CONCLUSIONS: Our data show that MSI is present in a substantial proportion of endometrioid ovarian cancers but can also occur in other tumor subtypes. MMR deficiency/MSI typically involves the entire tumor mass, suggesting that MMR inactivation occurs early in tumorigenesis in a subset of ovarian cancers.


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Reparo de Erro de Pareamento de DNA , Enzimas Reparadoras do DNA/deficiência , Neoplasias Ovarianas/enzimologia , Neoplasias Ovarianas/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Carcinoma Endometrioide/genética , Enzimas Reparadoras do DNA/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/deficiência , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Instabilidade de Microssatélites , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Endonuclease PMS2 de Reparo de Erro de Pareamento/deficiência , Endonuclease PMS2 de Reparo de Erro de Pareamento/genética , Proteína 1 Homóloga a MutL/deficiência , Proteína 1 Homóloga a MutL/genética , Proteína 2 Homóloga a MutS/deficiência , Proteína 2 Homóloga a MutS/genética , Análise Serial de Tecidos , Adulto Jovem
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World J Urol ; 38(9): 2185-2196, 2020 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31745645

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BACKGROUND: Claudin-1 is a membrane-tight junction protein and important for the sealing of the paracellular cleft in epithelial and endothelial cells. Differential expression of Claudin-1 is linked to disease outcome in various cancers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: To evaluate the potential relevance of Claudin-1 expression in prostate cancer, a tissue microarray containing samples of 17,747 tumors with annotated clinico-pathological and molecular data was immunohistochemically analyzed for Claudin-1 expression. RESULTS: In normal prostate, glandular cells were always Claudin-1-negative while there was a strong staining of gland-surrounding basal cells. In contrast to normal prostatic glands, a positive Claudin-1 immunostaining, was found, however, in 38.7% of 12,441 interpretable cancers and was considered weak in 12.7%, moderate in 13.2%, and strong in 12.8% of cases. Positive Claudin-1 immunostaining was associated with favorable tumor features like low pT (p = 0.0032), low Gleason grade (p< 0.0001), and a reduced risk of PSA recurrence (p = 0.0005). A positive Claudin-1 staining was markedly more frequent in ERG-positive (63%) than in ERG-negative cancers (23%; p < 0.0001). Subset analyses revealed that all associations of Claudin-1 expression and favorable phenotype and prognosis were driven by ERG-positive cancers. Multivariate analyses revealed, however, that even in ERG-positive cancers, the prognostic impact of high Claudin-1 expression was not independent of established clinico-pathological parameters. Comparison with 12 previously analyzed chromosomal deletions identified conspicuous associations with PTEN and 12p13 deletions potentially indicating functional interactions. CONCLUSION: These data identify a peculiar role for Claudin-1 in prostate cancer. The protein is overexpressed in a fraction of prostate cancers and increased Claudin-1 expression levels predict a favorable prognosis in ERG-positive cancer.


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Claudina-1/fisiologia , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/epidemiologia , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/etiologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/epidemiologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/etiologia , Regulação para Cima , Idoso , Claudina-1/análise , Claudina-1/biossíntese , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/sangue , Antígeno Prostático Específico/sangue , Neoplasias da Próstata/sangue , Neoplasias da Próstata/química , Análise Serial de Proteínas , Medição de Risco , Regulador Transcricional ERG/análise , Regulador Transcricional ERG/biossíntese
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World J Surg Oncol ; 18(1): 128, 2020 Jun 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32534597

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BACKGROUND: Deletions of 17p13 recurrently occur in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) but their prognostic role seems to be uncertain. METHODS: To determine prevalence, relationship with tumor phenotype, and patient prognosis, a tissue microarray containing samples from 1809 RCCs was evaluated using dual labeling fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with 17p13 and chromosome 17 centromere probes. RESULTS: A 17p13 deletion was found in 72 of 1429 interpretable tumors. The frequency of 17p13 deletions varied greatly between RCC subtypes and was highest in chromophobe RCC (24/72; 33.3%). 17p13 deletions were also found in 35 (3.7%) of 946 clear cell RCC, 9 (4.3%) of 208 papillary RCC, 1 of 121 oncocytomas (0.8%), as well as in several rare cases of comprising 1 of 7 Xp11.2 translocation cancers, 1 of 3 collecting duct carcinomas, and 1 of 20 not otherwise specified (NOS) carcinomas. In clear cell carcinomas, 17p13 deletions revealed a strong and consistent association with higher Fuhrman, ISUP, and Thoenes grade (p < 0.0001 each), and linked to advanced tumor stage (p = 0.0168), large tumor diameter (p = 0.0004), distant metastases (p = 0.0077), cancer-specific survival (p = 0.0391), and recurrence-free survival (p = 0.0072). In multivariate analysis, 17p13 deletions showed in clear cell RCC a dependent prognostic role for established clinical-pathological parameters. CONCLUSION: 17p13 deletions have a dual role in RCC. They are associated with disease progression in clear cell RCC and possibly other subtypes and they are linked to the development of chromophobe RCC-a subtype with a particularly favorable prognosis.


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Carcinoma de Células Renais/genética , Deleção Cromossômica , Cromossomos Humanos Par 17 , Neoplasias Renais/genética , Carcinoma de Células Renais/patologia , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente/métodos , Neoplasias Renais/patologia , Fenótipo , Prognóstico , Taxa de Sobrevida , Análise Serial de Tecidos/métodos
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Genes Chromosomes Cancer ; 58(8): 509-515, 2019 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30623509

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Cancer heterogeneity represents a challenge for the analysis of prognostic molecular markers but can be used to study the evolution of molecular events in tumors. To assess the degree of heterogeneity of 5q21 deletions and their relationship with TMPRSS2:ERG status and 6q15 deletions in prostate cancer, a heterogeneity tissue microarray including 10 tissue spots from 10 different areas of 317 cancers was analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization for 5q21 deletion. Data on 6q and ERG were available from earlier studies. Deletions of 5q21 were found in 23% of 265 interpretable cancers and showed marked intratumoral heterogeneity. In the subset of 246 cancers with at least 3 interpretable spots, 23% had a 5q21 deletion. Heterogeneous 5q21 deletions were found in 71% and homogeneous in 29% of these cancers. The likelihood of 5q21 deletion was twice as high in ERG-negative (28%) than in ERG-positive cancers (16%, P = .024). In all 21 cases harboring both alterations, the tumor area containing a 5q21 deletion was smaller or equally large than the ERG-positive area but never larger. Deletions of 5q and 6q were significantly linked. However, the analysis of 32 tumors harboring both deletions did not suggest a specific order of appearance of these deletions. The 5q21 deletion preceded 6q15 in 10 tumors and 6q15 preceded 5q21 in 14 tumors. In summary, our study identifies 5q21 deletion as a highly heterogeneous aberration in prostate cancer that usually occurs late during cancer progression. This is a severe limitation for using 5q21 testing as a prognostic tool.


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Deleção Cromossômica , Cromossomos Humanos Par 5 , Heterogeneidade Genética , Neoplasias da Próstata/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Biomarcadores Tumorais , Cromossomos Humanos Par 6 , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Gradação de Tumores , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Proteínas de Fusão Oncogênica/genética
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Prostate ; 79(3): 302-311, 2019 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30430607

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BACKGROUND: The transcription factor CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein alpha (CEBPA) is a crucial regulator of cell proliferation and differentiation. Expression levels of CEBPA have been suggested to be prognostic in various tumor types. METHODS: Here, we analyzed the immunohistochemical expression of CEBPA in a tissue microarray containing more than 17 000 prostate cancer specimens with annotated clinical and molecular data including for example TMPRSS2:ERG fusion and PTEN deletion status. RESULTS: Normal prostate glands showed moderate to strong CEBPA staining, while CEBPA expression was frequently reduced (40%) or lost (30%) in prostate cancers. Absence of detectable CEBPA expression was markedly more frequent in ERG negative (45%) as compared to ERG positive cancers (20%, P < 0.0001). Reduced CEBPA expression was linked to unfavorable phenotype (P < 0.0001) and poor prognosis (P = 0.0008). Subgroup analyses revealed, that the prognostic value of CEBPA loss was entirely driven by tumors carrying both TMPRSS2:ERG fusions and PTEN deletions. In this subgroup, CEBPA loss was tightly linked to advanced tumor stage (P < 0.0001), high Gleason grade (P < 0.0001), positive nodal stage (0.0003), and early biochemical recurrence (P = 0.0007), while these associations were absent or markedly diminished in tumors with normal PTEN copy numbers and/or absence of ERG fusion. CONCLUSIONS: CEBPA is down regulated in about one third of prostate cancers, but the clinical impact of CEBPA loss is strictly limited to the subset of about 10% prostate cancers carrying both ERG fusion and deletions of the PTEN tumor suppressor. Our findings challenge the concept that prognostic molecular markers may be generally applicable to all prostate cancers.


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Proteínas Estimuladoras de Ligação a CCAAT/deficiência , Proteínas de Fusão Oncogênica/metabolismo , PTEN Fosfo-Hidrolase/deficiência , Neoplasias da Próstata/metabolismo , Idoso , Proteínas Estimuladoras de Ligação a CCAAT/biossíntese , Proteínas Estimuladoras de Ligação a CCAAT/metabolismo , Dosagem de Genes , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Proteínas de Fusão Oncogênica/genética , PTEN Fosfo-Hidrolase/genética , PTEN Fosfo-Hidrolase/metabolismo , Prognóstico , Prostatectomia , Neoplasias da Próstata/genética , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/cirurgia , Análise Serial de Tecidos
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Mol Carcinog ; 58(12): 2306-2315, 2019 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31545001

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Syndecan-1 (CD138) is a transmembrane proteoglycan expressed in normal and malignant tissues. It is of interest because of a possible prognostic effect in tumors and as a target for Indatuximab, a monoclonal antibody coupled to a cytotoxic agent. To assess the prognostic role of CD138 expression in breast cancer (BCa), a tissue microarray containing 1535 BCa specimens was analyzed by immunohistochemistry. Cytoplasmic, membranous, and stromal CD138 staining was separately analyzed. In normal breast tissue, CD138 staining was limited to epithelial cell membranes. In cancers, membranous staining tended to become weaker or even disappeared (38.3% of cancers with absence of membranous staining) but cytoplasmic and stromal staining newly appeared in 29.7% and 58.1% of cancers. Loss of membranous epithelial CD138 staining as well as presence of cytoplasmic and stromal CD138 positivity were-to a variable degree-associated with high pT, high grade, nodal metastasis, estrogen receptor-negative, progesterone receptor-negative, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2+, and poor overall patient survival. A combined analysis of epithelial and stromal CD138 expression revealed a link to overall patient survival (P < .0001) with best prognosis for patients with stromal positivity and absence of cytoplasmic staining, the worst prognosis for cancers with cytoplasmic staining and stromal negativity and intermediate prognosis for patients having either cytoplasmic staining or stromal negativity. In multivariate analyses, CD138 was not independent of established prognostic features. In summary, these data reveal a compartment depending prognostic effect of CD138 expression in BCa with cytoplasmic positivity being linked to aggressive cancer and stromal CD138 being linked to a more favorable prognosis.


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Biomarcadores Tumorais/biossíntese , Neoplasias da Mama/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Células Estromais/metabolismo , Sindecana-1/biossíntese , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Neoplasias da Mama/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias da Mama/patologia , Células Epiteliais/metabolismo , Feminino , Humanos , Imunoconjugados/uso terapêutico , Imuno-Histoquímica , Maitansina/análogos & derivados , Maitansina/uso terapêutico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Terapia de Alvo Molecular , Prognóstico , Análise de Sobrevida , Sindecana-1/antagonistas & inibidores , Análise Serial de Tecidos/métodos , Adulto Jovem
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Tumour Biol ; 41(7): 1010428318824815, 2019 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31296150

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GATA2 is a pioneering transcription factor governing androgen receptor expression and signaling in prostate cells. To understand the prognostic potential of GATA2 assessment in prostate cancer, we analyzed nuclear GATA2 expression on an annotated tissue microarray with 12,427 prostate cancer samples. Normal prostate glands were negative to weakly positive. GATA2 staining was found in almost all prostate cancers (95%). Strong GATA2 staining was linked to advanced tumor stage, high classical and quantitative Gleason grade (p < 0.0001 each), positive nodal stage (p = 0.0116), and early biochemical recurrence (p < 0.0001). GATA2 was linked to ERG-fusion-type cancers, with strong GATA2 staining in 29% of ERG-negative and 53% of ERG-positive cancers (p < 0.0001). Separate calculations in 3854 cancers with and 4768 cancers without TMPRSS2:ERG fusion revealed that these associations with tumor phenotype and patient outcome were largely driven by the subset of ERG-negative tumors. GATA2 expression was further linked to androgen receptor expression: Only 8% of androgen receptor-negative, but 56% of strongly androgen receptor expressing cancers had strong GATA2 expression (p < 0.0001). In conclusion, the results of our study demonstrate that increasing GATA2 levels are linked to prostate cancer progression and aggressiveness. The prognostic value of GATA2 is remarkable in ERG-negative cancers. However, the upregulation of GATA2 in ERG-positive cancers makes it unsuitable as a prognostic marker in this patient subset.


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Fator de Transcrição GATA2/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Próstata/metabolismo , Adulto , Idoso , Progressão da Doença , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Seguimentos , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Metástase Linfática , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Invasividade Neoplásica , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia , Fenótipo , Prognóstico , Prostatectomia , Neoplasias da Próstata/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Receptores Androgênicos/metabolismo , Análise Serial de Tecidos , Regulador Transcricional ERG/metabolismo , Resultado do Tratamento
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