ArticleJournal of clinical pathology2017
Expression of the interleukin-21 and phosphorylated extracellular signal regulated kinase 1/2 in Kimura disease.
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- Kimura's disease sequentially involving multiple sites in the head and neck: A case report with a 13-year follow-up and literature review.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Review
- Kimura Disease: Retrospective Analysis of 53 Cases and Three Mepolizumab-Responsive Cases.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Article
- Kimura disease, a rare Ethiopian case report.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Kimura's disease in soft palate with clinical and histopathological presentation: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- Successful treatment of dupilumab in Kimura disease independent of IgE: A case report with literature review.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Kimura's disease with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: a case report with literature review.Renal failure · 2019Review
- Unusual and rare case of generalised lymphadenopathy: Kimura's disease.BMJ case reports · 2018Article
- A case series of Kimura's disease: a diagnostic challenge.Therapeutic advances in hematology · 2018Article
- Kimura's Disease Diagnosed in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery Treated With Wide Excision: Report of Two Cases.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the expressions of interleukin (IL)-21 and phosphorylated extracellular signal regulated kinase 1/2 (pERK1/2) in Kimura disease (KD) and to correlate the findings with clinical and prognostic variables.
methodsImmunohistochemical analysis of IL-21 and pERK1/2 was performed in 18 cases of KD and five gender- and age-matched control samples. Clinical data were extracted and patients followed up for a mean period of 32.1 months.
resultsAfter a mean follow-up period of 32.1 months (range 1-102 months), recurrence was diagnosed as the end point for seven patients-that is, a 44% (7/16) cumulative recurrence rate. In comparison with gender- and age-matched controls, patients showed strong in situ expressions of IL-21 and pERK1/2, respectively (p<0.05). Patients with strong IL-21 staining intensity and overexpression of pERK1/2 had a lower recurrence rate than those with moderate staining intensity (p=0.049, p=0.019, respectively). However, differences were not statistically significant by gender, age, eosinophils, location, multiplicity, laterality, size, duration and primary outbreak. pERK1/2 was the independent prognostic factor (p=0.020), while age, gender, eosinophils, multiplicity, laterality, size, duration, primary outbreak and expression of IL-21 were not.
conclusionsThis study suggests that the IL-21/pERK1/2 pathway is activated in KD, and pERK1/2 might be considered as a potential prognostic indicator in KD.
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