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ArticleMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2011

MUC2 and MUC6 apomucins expression in human gastric neoplasm: an immunohistochemical analysis.

Abdul-Zaher M Khattab, Wesam A Nasif, Mahmoud Lotfy

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Article in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Multiple roles and mechanisms of MUC6 in cancer (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025
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  6. Role of extra cellular proteins in gastric cancer progression and metastasis: an update.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2020
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abdul-Zaher M KhattabPathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Wesam A Nasif
Mahmoud Lotfy
University of Sadat City · EGZagazig University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apomucins play important biological roles in cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions, in cell signaling, and in biological properties of cancer cells. Their specific pattern of expression during the different steps of tumor progression toward adenocarcinoma suggests that they play significant roles in tumorigenesis. The family of secreted mucins, gel-forming components of viscoelastic mucus gels protecting the epithelia, includes mucins MUC2 and MUC6. Their principle function is to contribute in mucus formation by forming a tridimensional network via oligomerization domains to protect underlying epithelia against diverse injuries. The current study was investigated the expression of MUC2 and MUC6 in patients with gastric carcinoma. MUC2 and MUC6 expressions were detected immunohistochemically in gastric cancer biopsies using specific monoclonal antibodies. The results showed that in our gastric carcinoma cases, MUC2 expression was detected in 78.6% of cases. MUC2 expression is increased from well differentiated to moderately differentiated to poorly differentiated gastric adenocarcinoma. On the other hand, MUC6 was detected in 32% of cases. The expression of MUC2 is increasing, which is accompanied by an altered expression of MUC6 in gastric cancer. Therefore, it is concluded that the expression pattern of secreted mucins including MUC2 and MUC6 is altered apparently in gastric carcinoma.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAdultAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMucin-2Mucin-6Stomach NeoplasmsMUC2 protein, humanMUC6 protein, humanMucin-2Mucin-6

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