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ArticleOncology letters2019

Expression of p53 and PTEN in human primary endometrial carcinomas: Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis and study of their concomitant expression.

Aggelis Stavropoulos, Michail Varras, Thivi Vasilakaki, Viktoria-Konstantina Varra, Aikaterini Tsavari, Fani-Niki Varra, Aphrodite Nonni, Nikolaos Kavantzas, Andreas C Lazaris

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Article in Oncology letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Aggelis StavropoulosFourth Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, 'Elena Venizelou' General Hospital, Athens 11521, Greece.
Michail VarrasFifth Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, 'Elena Venizelou' General Hospital, Athens 11521, Greece.
Thivi VasilakakiPathology Department, 'Tzaneio' General Hospital, Piraeus 18536, Greece.
Viktoria-Konstantina VarraPharmacy Department, University of Patras, Patra 26504, Greece.
Aikaterini TsavariPathology Department, 'Tzaneio' General Hospital, Piraeus 18536, Greece.
Fani-Niki VarraPharmacy Department, Frederick University, Nicosia 1036, Republic of Cyprus, Greece.
Aphrodite NonniFirst Pathology Department, Medical School, National Kapodistrian University, Athens 11527, Greece.
Nikolaos KavantzasFirst Pathology Department, Medical School, National Kapodistrian University, Athens 11527, Greece.
Andreas C LazarisFirst Pathology Department, Medical School, National Kapodistrian University, Athens 11527, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRGeneral-Maternity District Hospital Helena Venizelou · GRTzaneion General Hospital · GRFrederick University · CYUniversity of Patras · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endometrial carcinoma is a common malignancy of the female genital tract. Alterations in the expression levels of various oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes serve important roles in the carcinogenesis and biological behavior of endometrial carcinoma. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the combination and individual expression of p53 and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) protein in human endometrial carcinoma. In addition, the correlation of these proteins with clinicopathological parameters was also assessed. Retrospective immunohistochemical analysis of the expression of p53 and PTEN tumor suppressor proteins was conducted in 99 women with endometrial carcinoma. The overall rate of p53 and PTEN positivity was 89 and 77%, respectively, according to the sum of stain intensity and scores of immunopositive cells. The sum of p53 positivity correlated strongly with PTEN expression (ρ=0.256; P=0.044). The concomitant sum of p53 and PTEN expression was identified in 45% of patients with endometrial adenocarcinoma. Notably, the sum of the immunohistochemical expression of p53 was significantly correlated with patient age (P=0.037), histologic type (P=0.008), histologic grade (P=0.002) and fallopian and/or ovarian invasion (P=0.014). Furthermore, PTEN expression was associated with myometrial invasion (ρ=-0.377; P=0.002) and clinical stage (P=0.019). In addition, concomitant p53 and PTEN expression was correlated with patient age (P=0.008) and histologic differentiation (P=0.028). The findings indicated a correlation between the expression of p53 and PTEN in endometrial adenocarcinoma, which suggested an intrinsic association between expression levels of these tumor suppressor genes. The study also suggested that concomitant p53 and PTEN expression contributed in characterizing the tumor behavior of endometrial carcinoma. Taken together, the present study suggested the combined expression of p53 and PTEN in the development of high-grade endometrial carcinoma in older patients. In addition, the findings indicated activation of different molecular pathways in the tumor progression between low-grade and high-grade endometrial carcinomas.

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carcinomaconcomitantendometrialexpressionimmunohistochemistryp53phosphatase and tensin homolog

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