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ArticleApplied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM2009

Cytokeratin immunoexpression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma of high-risk population in Northeast India.

Avninder Singh, Sujala Kapur, Indranil Chattopadhyay, Joydeep Purkayastha, Jagannath Sharma, Ashwani Mishra, Stephen M Hewitt, Sunita Saxena

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Article in Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Avninder SinghInstitute of Pathology, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
Sujala Kapur
Indranil Chattopadhyay
Joydeep Purkayastha
Jagannath Sharma
Ashwani Mishra
Stephen M Hewitt
Sunita Saxena
Indian Council of Medical Research · INBhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute · INNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Tissue Array Research ProgramZICBC010923 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI HEWITT, STEPHEN · 2009 to 2014
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Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Esophageal cancer is a frequently fatal malignancy, and is described in certain regions in Northeast India with an incidence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma many fold higher than the rest of the population. The population in Northeast India is at higher risk due to poor nutritional status, consumption of fermented betel quid and other oral tobacco products besides smoking and alcohol intake. Cytokeratins (CKs) are the major constituents of the esophageal epithelium and may show gain or loss of CKs as the cancer progresses from normal epithelium to invasive phenotype. In this study, we studied the immunohistochemical expression of 5 CKs (CK4, CK5, CK8, CK14, and CK17) in the normal esophageal epithelium and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma from both the general population and the high-risk population of Assam in Northeast India. The CK expression profile was similar to other published data in general. Further analysis demonstrated differences in CK expression between the general and the high-risk tumor samples. CK5 and CK8 expression was altered in the high-risk population. The significance of these differences is unclear, but suggests a connection to the etiologic factors.

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Carcinoma, Squamous CellEsophageal NeoplasmsHumansImmunohistochemistryIndiaKeratinsRisk FactorsTissue Array AnalysisKeratins

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PMCPMC2836392
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