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ArticleIranian journal of pathology2019

Low Expression of Occludin in the Melanoma Patient.

Pouri Salehi, Farzaneh Tafvizi, Kambiz Kamyab Hesari

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Article in Iranian journal of pathology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pouri SalehiDepartment of Biology, Parand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Parand, Iran.
Farzaneh TafviziDepartment of Biology, Parand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Parand, Iran.
Kambiz Kamyab HesariDepartment of Pathology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Islamic Azad University of Parand · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND &

objectiveMalignant melanoma is the fatal cutaneous neoplasm which is curable by the early diagnosis. The expression of occludin protein which is an integral membrane protein is altered in an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Although, recent studies provide sufficient evidence supporting the functional importance of occludin in cancer, the prognostic significance of occludin expression levels in melanoma remains obscure. The aim of this study was to determine occludin expression level and its correlation with clinicopathological features of the patients with melanoma.

methodsThe occludin mRNA level was compared between paraffin-embedded tissues of 40 patients with melanoma and 10 subjects with normal skin. The quality and quantity of the RNA was determined and occludin expression level was measured using Real-time PCR and ∆∆CT computational technique.

resultsThe occludin mRNA level reduced five-fold in the melanoma patients compared to the control group (

conclusionWe can conclude that down-regulation of occludin expression in the patients with melanoma is a hallmark of cancer progression and it might be used as a prognostic factor. No significant correlation was found between occludin gene expression and clinicopathological characteristics including Clark level, Breslow staging, mitotic count, age and gender (P<0.05).

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Down-regulationMelanomaOccludinReal-time

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