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ArticleThe American journal of pathology1999

Analysis of E-cadherin in diffuse-type gastric cancer using a mutation-specific monoclonal antibody.

K F Becker, E Kremmer, M Eulitz, I Becker, G Handschuh, C Schuhmacher, W Müller, H E Gabbert, A Ochiai, S Hirohashi and 1 more

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Article in The American journal of pathology, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Deregulation of the cell polarity protein Lethal giant larvae 2 (Lgl2) correlates with gastric cancer progression.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2014
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  10. A case of multiple diffuse gastric carcinoma with regional expression of mutant E-cadherin.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2008
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  17. Early gastric cancer: concepts, diagnosis, and management.International journal of clinical oncology · 2005
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  20. CDH1 germline mutation in hereditary gastric carcinoma.World journal of gastroenterology · 2004
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

K F BeckerTechnische Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Institut für Pathologie, München, Germany. kf.becker@lrz.tum.de
E Kremmer
M Eulitz
I Becker
G Handschuh
C Schuhmacher
W Müller
H E Gabbert
A Ochiai
S Hirohashi
H Höfler
Technical University of Munich · DEHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEMünchen Klinik · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In-frame deletions from the E-cadherin mRNA, coding for a homophilic cell adhesion molecule, are characteristic for diffuse-type gastric carcinomas. Using immunohistochemical analysis the mutant form cannot be distinguished from normal E-cadherin, making results difficult to interpret. In this study, a rat monoclonal antibody, designated E-cad delta 9-1, was generated against a peptide spanning the fusion junction region between exons 8 and 10. This new epitope is present in an E-cadherin variant that lacks exon 9 from the mRNA due to different splice-site gene mutations. Using Western blotting and immunohistochemistry of E-cadherin-transfected cells, we demonstrate that E-cad delta 9-1 specifically reacts with E-cadherin lacking exon 9 but not with the wild-type protein. No immunoreactivity was observed in 31 nontumorous and embryonal tissues analyzed. In gastric carcinoma specimens known to express mutant E-cadherin mRNA lacking exon 9, E-cad delta 9-1 targets exclusively tumor cells in routine formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded material from biopsies, primary tumors, and lymph node metastases. In a retrospective series of 172 diffuse-type gastric carcinomas expressing E-cadherin, E-cad delta 9-1 reacted with 22 tumors (13%). This new tumor marker-monoclonal antibody system could open novel avenues for selective diagnosis and specific therapy of a subgroup of diffuse-type gastric cancer patients.

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Antibodies, MonoclonalBiomarkers, TumorMutationAnimalsBlotting, WesternCadherinsEpitopesHumansImmunohistochemistryRatsRNA, MessengerStomach NeoplasmsTransfectionTumor Cells, CulturedAntibodies, MonoclonalBiomarkers, TumorCadherinsEpitopesRNA, Messenger

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PMID10595908
PMCPMC1866933
OpenAlexW2042550029

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