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ArticleWiener klinische Wochenschrift2013

Expression of β-catenin and cyclin D1 in Merkel cell carcinomas of the head and neck.

Claudia Lill, Sven Schneider, Bahil Ghanim, Markus Brunner, Gregor Heiduschka, Robert Loewe, Dietmar Thurnher

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Article in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Claudia LillDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria, claudia.lill@meduniwien.ac.at.
Sven Schneider
Bahil Ghanim
Markus Brunner
Gregor Heiduschka
Robert Loewe
Dietmar Thurnher
Medical University of Vienna · AT

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Abstract

backgroundMerkel cell carcinomas (MCC) are very aggressive tumors of the sun-exposed skin with a high potential to metastasize. Little is known about the genesis of MCC and very few prognostic markers have been detected so far. The Wnt pathway protein β-catenin and the cell cycle protein cyclin D1 are two promotors of tumor growth and are expressed in a variety of malignant neoplasms such as lymphomas, thyroid, breast cancer, and many others. PATIENTS AND

methodsTissue samples of 27 patients with MCC were immunohistochemically stained for β-catenin and cyclin D1 and correlated with overall survival of patients. In addition, western blot analysis was carried out in the two MCC cell lines MCC-13 and MCC-26.

resultsβ-catenin showed a cytoplasmatic expression of 10-30 % in 11 samples and an expression lower than 10 % in eight samples. Nuclear staining was visible in two samples. None of the 27 samples expressed cyclin D1.

conclusionNeither cyclin D1 nor β-catenin was expressed in a statistically significant manner, concluding that the development of MCCs is independent of β-catenin and cyclin D1 expression and these proteins are not suitable as prognostic markers. We could describe the expression pattern of cyclin D1 for the first time.

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AgedAged, 80 and overbeta CateninBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Merkel CellCyclin D1FemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and Specificitybeta CateninBiomarkers, TumorCCND1 protein, humanCTNNB1 protein, humanCyclin D1

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