Aberration of the Wnt signaling pathway in pulmonary fatal adenocarcinoma: a case report.
Chin J Cancer Res
; 26(1): E13-6, 2014 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
We report a case of a 58-year-old woman showed a homogeneous well-defined perihilar mass in the right upper lobe and fully surrounded by aerated parenchyma at computed tomography (CT). A right upper lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node sampling was performed. A pathologic diagnosis of well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung was made and staged as T2bN0M0. For the expression of Wnt signaling pathway molecules, positive expressions of Wnt1, ß-catenin, c-Myc, Cyclin D1and MMP7 were especially prominent in budding solid nests, but not in glandular structures. The nuclear/cytoplasmic localization of ß-catenin accompanied upregulation of Wnt signaling pathway molecules in budding solid nests. These results demonstrated that elevated nuclear/cytoplasmic expression of ß-catenin in fatal adenocarcinoma might be regulated by the Wnt signaling pathway.
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En
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Chin J Cancer Res
Year:
2014
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Article
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China