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ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology2017

Paradoxical expression pattern of the epithelial mesenchymal transition-related biomarkers CD44, SLUG, N-cadherin and VSIG1/Glycoprotein A34 in gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Attila Kövecsi, Simona Gurzu, Zoltan Szentirmay, Zsolt Kovacs, Tivadar Jr Bara, Ioan Jung

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Article in World journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Attila KövecsiDepartment of Pathology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tirgu Mures 540139, Romania.
Simona GurzuDepartment of Pathology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tirgu Mures 540139, Romania.
Zoltan SzentirmayDepartment of Pathology, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest 1525, Hungary.
Zsolt KovacsDepartment of Pathology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tirgu Mures 540139, Romania.
Tivadar Jr BaraDepartment of Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timi oara 3000041, Romania.
Ioan JungDepartment of Pathology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tirgu Mures 540139, Romania.
Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș · RONational Institute of Oncology · HU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo evaluate the immunohistochemical (IHC) expression of five biomarkers, commonly involved in epithelial mesenchymal/mesenchymal epithelial transition (EMT/MET), in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs).

methodsIn 80 consecutive GISTs the IHC examinations were performed using the EMT-related antibodies E-cadherin, N-cadherin, SLUG, V-set and immunoglobulin domain containing 1 (VSIG1) and CD44.

resultsThe positivity rate was 88.75% for SLUG, 83.75% for VSIG1, 36.25% for CD44 and 10% for N-cadherin. No correlation was noted between the examined markers and clinicopathological parameters. Nuclear positivity for SLUG and VSIG1 was observed in all cases with distant metastasis. The extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors (e-GISTs) expressed nuclear positivity for VSIG1 and SLUG, with infrequent positivity for N-cadherin and CD44. The low overall survival was mainly dependent on VSIG1 negativity (

conclusionGIST aggressivity may be induced by nuclear up-regulation of SLUG and loss or cytoplasm-to-nuclear translocation of VSIG1. SLUG and VSIG1 may act as activated nuclear transcription factors. The CD44, but not N-cadherin, might also have an independent prognostic value in these tumors. The role of the EMT/MET-related transcription factors in the evolution of GISTs, should be revisited with a larger dataset. This is the first study exploring the IHC pattern of VSIG1 in GISTs.

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Glycoprotein A34N-cadherinSLUGV-set and immunoglobulin domain containing gastrointestinal stromal tumors

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PMID29204252
PMCPMC5700385
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