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ArticleCancer research and treatment2005

Expression of maspin is associated with the intestinal type of gastric adenocarcinoma.

Seong Man Kim, Seong Jin Cho, Woo Young Jang, Duck Hwan Kim, Hyung Sik Shin, Myoung Kuk Jang, Hak Yang Kim, Eun Sook Nam

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Article in Cancer research and treatment, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Seong Man KimLaboratory of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hallym University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Seong Jin Cho
Woo Young Jang
Duck Hwan Kim
Hyung Sik Shin
Myoung Kuk Jang
Hak Yang Kim
Eun Sook Nam
Hallym University Medical Center · KR

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Abstract

purposeMaspin is known as a tumor suppressor gene, but its significance has been questioned in various human cancers. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression pattern of Maspin in human gastric adenocarcinomas and its possible correlation with clinicopathological findings. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe expression of Maspin mRNA was measured by nested RT-PCR using 60 frozen adenocarcinomas of the stomach and 31 noncancerous tissues from the proximal resection margin. Immunohistochemical study for Maspin protein expression was carried out using 62 paraffin-embedded tissues, composed of both cancer and noncancerous tissues.

resultsMaspin mRNA expression was detected in 80.0% (48 of 60) of the gastric adenocarcinomas, but in only 22.6% (7 of 31) of the normal gastric mucosa (p<0.001). The positive rate of Maspin protein expression was higher in the adenocarcinomas than the normal tissues (62.9% vs. 27.4%, p<0.05). In addition, the intestinal type of tumors showed significantly higher expression levels compared to the diffuse type of tumors (81.5% vs. 48.6%, p<0.05).

conclusionOur results suggest that Maspin is frequently expressed in human gastric cancers, and its expression might be associated with tumorigenesis of the intestinal type of gastric cancer.

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Gastric adenocarcinomaImmunohistochemistryMaspinNested RT-PCR

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PMCPMC2785921
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