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ArticleHead and neck pathology2016

Lysozyme Expression Can be Useful to Distinguish Mammary Analog Secretory Carcinoma from Acinic Cell Carcinoma of Salivary Glands.

Fernanda Viviane Mariano, Camila Andrea Concha Gómez, Juliana de Souza do Nascimento, Harim Tavares Dos Santos, Erika Said Egal, Victor Angelo Martins Montalli, Pablo Agustin Vargas, Oslei Paes de Almeida, Albina Altemani

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Article in Head and neck pathology, 2016. 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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  2. Secretory carcinoma of the salivary gland is rich in lactoferrin: a possible lactational-like differentiation?European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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  5. Mist1: a novel nuclear marker for acinic cell carcinoma of the salivary gland.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2019
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Fernanda Viviane MarianoDepartment of Pathology, Medical Sciences Faculty, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), R. Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126, Campinas, SP, 13083-887, Brazil.
Camila Andrea Concha GómezDepartment of Oral Pathology, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Juliana de Souza do NascimentoDepartment of Oral Pathology, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Harim Tavares Dos SantosDepartment of Oral Pathology, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Erika Said EgalDepartment of Pathology, Medical Sciences Faculty, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), R. Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126, Campinas, SP, 13083-887, Brazil.
Victor Angelo Martins MontalliDepartment of Oral Pathology, Sao Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Pablo Agustin VargasDepartment of Oral Pathology, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Oslei Paes de AlmeidaDepartment of Oral Pathology, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Albina AltemaniDepartment of Pathology, Medical Sciences Faculty, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), R. Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126, Campinas, SP, 13083-887, Brazil. aaltemani@uol.com.br.
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BRFaculdade São Leopoldo Mandic · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lysozyme is an enzymatic marker of acinar and intercalated duct cells of normal salivary glands. The aim of this study was to verify whether lysozyme expression could be useful to distinguish acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) from its main mimic, mammary analog secretory carcinoma (MASC). For comparison, DOG1 expression was analyzed as well. Seventeen cases of ACC, 15 MASC, and 125 other salivary tumors were studied. Lysozyme expression was found in tumor cells as well as in secreted material of MASC (86.6 % of cases) and in ductal cells of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC-53.8 %), pleomorphic adenoma (PA-29.1 %) and polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma (PLGA-23.8 %). However, in ACC, lysozyme was not expressed. Three patterns of DOG1 staining were seen: apical-luminal, cytoplasmic, and mixed cytoplasmic/membranous. The apical-luminal pattern was detected in ductal cells of ACC (58.8 % of cases), EMC (38.4 %), adenoid-cystic carcinoma (AdCC-35.3 %), PA (8.3 %), and PLGA (4.8 %). These tumors also showed mixed membranous/cytoplasmic staining for DOG1. MASC, mucoepidermoid, and salivary duct carcinomas exhibited only DOG1 cytoplasmic staining. In conclusion, lysozyme cannot be used as a marker of acinar differentiation in salivary tumors. However, lysozyme expression can be helpful to distinguish MASC from ACC due to its high frequency in the former and absence in ACC. It is likely that in MASC, lysozyme expression may reflect a lactational-like secretory differentiation since lysozyme belongs to breast milk proteins. Regarding DOG1 expression, the apical-luminal pattern is related to acinar and intercalated duct differentiation whereas the cytoplasmic staining does not seem to be associated with a specific cellular phenotype.

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AdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Acinar CellDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMammary Analogue Secretory CarcinomaMiddle AgedMuramidaseSalivary Gland NeoplasmsYoung AdultBiomarkers, TumorMuramidaseAcinic cell carcinomaDOG1LysozymeMammary analog secretory carcinoma

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PMID27177644
PMCPMC5082043
OpenAlexW2392994422

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