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ArticleVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2018

L1CAM expression in uterine carcinosarcoma is limited to the epithelial component and may be involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

Mac Versluis, A Plat, M de Bruyn, X Matias-Guiu, J Trovic, C Krakstad, H W Nijman, T Bosse, G H de Bock, H Hollema

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Article in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2018. 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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9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Prognostic Role of L1CAM in Endometrial Cancer.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  3. Uterine carcinosarcoma: Unraveling the role of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in progression and therapeutic potential.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2024
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  7. Fbxw7 is a driver of uterine carcinosarcoma by promoting epithelial-mesenchymal transition.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Mac VersluisDepartment of Gynecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. m.a.c.versluis@umcg.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0347-6613
A PlatDepartment of Gynecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.
M de BruynDepartment of Gynecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.
X Matias-GuiuDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Genetics/Oncologic Pathology Group, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, IRBLleida, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
J TrovicDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
C KrakstadDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
H W NijmanDepartment of Gynecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.
T BosseDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
G H de BockDepartment of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
H HollemaDepartment of Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
University Medical Center Groningen · NLHaukeland University Hospital · NOLeiden University Medical Center · NLUniversitat de Lleida · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uterine carcinosarcoma (UCS) has been proposed as a model for epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process characterized by a functional change facilitating migration and metastasis in many types of cancer. L1CAM is an adhesion molecule that has been involved in EMT as a marker for mesenchymal phenotype. We examined expression of L1CAM in UCS in a cohort of 90 cases from four different centers. Slides were immunohistochemically stained for L1CAM and scored in four categories (0%, < 10%, 10-50%, and > 50%). A score of more than 10% was considered positive for L1CAM. The median age at presentation was 68.6 years, and half of the patients (53.3%) presented with FIGO stage 1 disease. Membranous L1CAM expression was positive in the epithelial component in 65.4% of cases. Remarkably, expression was negative in the mesenchymal component. In cases where both components were intermingled, expression limited to the epithelial component was confirmed by a double stain for L1CAM and keratin. Expression of L1CAM did not relate to overall or disease-free survival. Our findings suggest L1CAM is either not a marker for the mesenchymal phenotype in EMT, or UCS is not a good model for EMT.

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AgedBiomarkers, TumorCarcinosarcomaEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionEpitheliumFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMiddle AgedNeural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1Retrospective StudiesUterine NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorNeural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1Endometrial neoplasmEpithelial–mesenchymal transitionHistologyL1CAMNeural cell adhesion molecule L1

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