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ArticleIranian journal of pathology2020

Estrogen Receptor Expression in Glial Tumors of Iranian Patients: A Single Center Experience.

Masoumeh Shafiee, Ahmad Mafi, Yalda Nilipour, Ainaz Sourati, Pegah Sassanpour, Morteza Tabatabaeefar

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Article in Iranian journal of pathology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masoumeh ShafieeShohaday-e Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ahmad MafiImam Hussein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Yalda NilipourPediatric Pathology Research Center, Research Institute for Children Health, Mofid and Shohaday-e Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ainaz SouratiShohaday-e Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Pegah SassanpourShohaday-e Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Morteza TabatabaeefarImam Hussein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRImam Hossein Hospital · IR

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Abstract

BACKGROUND &

objectiveGliomas are the most common type of primary intracranial tumors in adults. The expression of estrogen receptors varies in different grades of glial tumors, and some studies have suggested that this expression might have a prognostic value. It seems that estrogen receptor expression negatively correlates with the histological grade of gliomas. In the present study, we aimed to determine the expression of estrogen receptor in different glial tumors in Iranian patients and to find a possible correlation between its expression and the grade of glial tumors.

methodsThe brain tumors pathology reports from 2014 to 2017 in the Pathology Department of Shohaday-e Tajrish Hospital in Tehran, Iran were evaluated and 104 different gliomas: 79 cases of astrocytoma and 25 cases of oligodendroglioma were selected. All the samples were re-evaluated by a neuropathologist in order to accurately determine the tumor grade. The immunohistochemistry was carried out to detect the expression of estrogen receptor alpha and beta on brain tumors.

resultsNone of the samples expressed estrogen receptor alpha. In the case of estrogen receptor beta (ERβ), all samples showed various degrees of positivity: 9% weak, 40% moderate, and 51% strong expressions. The level of ERβ expression was found to be conversely correlated with tumor grade.

conclusionOur study demonstrated that ERβ is expressed in the majority (if not all) of the glial tumors and its expression was conversely related to the tumor grade. Because of well-tolerability and acceptable adverse effects, ER agonists might be considered as therapeutic agents for the patients with glial tumors.

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Brain tumor gradeEstrogen receptor alphaEstrogen receptor betaGliomas

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