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ArticleDiagnostic pathology2013

Increased expression of α-methylacyl-coenzyme A racemase (AMACR; p504s) and p16 in distal hyperplastic polyps.

Nimet Dayi, Hideo A Baba, Kurt W Schmid, Klaus J Schmitz

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Article in Diagnostic pathology, 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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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. α-Methylacyl-coenzyme A racemase (AMACR, p504s) is a marker to distinguish malignant melanomas from dysplastic nevi and melanocytic nevi.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nimet Dayi
Hideo A Baba
Kurt W Schmid
Klaus J SchmitzInstitute of Pathology and Neuropathology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany. kjschmitz@pathologie-re.de.
University of Duisburg-Essen · DEKrankenhaus St. Elisabeth und St. Barbara · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHyperplastic polyps (HP) and sessile serrated adenomas (SSA) share morphological similarities. In this immunohistochemical study we chose a panel of potential relevant and promising biomarkers including α-methylacyl-coenzyme A racemase (AMACR; p504s), which is involved in the degradation of branched chained fatty acids derivates, and analysed a cohort of HPs and SSAs in order to identify different immunophenotypes in relation to lesion localisation.

methods154 specimen were carefully selected and a micro tissue array (TMA) was constructed. Immunohistochemistry of p16Ink4a, Ki67, α-methylacyl-coenzyme A racemase (AMACR; p504s), BRAF, CK 20, MLH1 and β-catenin was performed and and immunoexpression was compared among proximal and distal HPs as well as SSAs.

resultsNone of the markers revealed a differential expression among HPs and SSAs. However, the study demonstrates a significant overexpression of AMACR (p = 0.004) and p16Ink4a (p = 0.028) in distal HPs compared to proximal HPs. In addition AMACR overexpression was associated with increased p16Ink4a immunoexpression (p < 0.001).

conclusionsIn this study we describe differential AMACR and p16Ink4a in HPs in relation to their localisation. Distal HPs were characterized by AMACR and p16Ink4a overexpression in contrast to proximal HPs, although morphological identically. Thus AMACR overexpression points towards a pathobiological relevance of the protein in distal HPs. In context of recently published data this suggest distal HPs as potential precursor lesions of certain adenoma subtypes. However, at this point of time this finding remains speculative and needs to be confirmed by further studies. VIRTUAL SLIDES: The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here: http://www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu/vs/1836116001066768.

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AdenomaAgedBiomarkersCohort StudiesColonic NeoplasmsColonic PolypsCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16Diagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansHyperplasiaMaleMiddle AgedRacemases and EpimerasesRetrospective StudiesUp-Regulationalpha-methylacyl-CoA racemaseBiomarkersCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16Racemases and Epimerases

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PMID24152881
PMCPMC3818439
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