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ArticleThe journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society2022

Aberrant Expression of Thymosin Beta-4 Correlates With Advanced Disease and BRAF V600E Mutation in Thyroid Cancer.

Chi-Yu Kuo, Jie-Yang Jhuang, Wen-Chien Huang, Shih-Ping Cheng

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Article in The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Chi-Yu KuoDepartment of Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei.
Jie-Yang JhuangDepartment of Pathology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei.
Wen-Chien HuangDepartment of Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei.
Shih-Ping ChengDepartment of Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei.ORCID 0000-0002-6301-5096
Mackay Memorial Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thymosin beta-4 (TMSB4X) was recently identified as a differentially expressed gene between malignant and non-malignant thyroid cells via single-cell RNA sequencing. In the present study, we aimed to study the immunostaining pattern of TMSB4X in benign and malignant thyroid neoplasms. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that normal thyroid tissue or benign thyroid disorders exhibited undetectable immunoreactivity against TMSB4X except for positive staining of inflammatory infiltrates and stromal cells associated with autoimmune thyroid disease. By contrast, overexpression of TMSB4X was observed in a variety of thyroid malignancies, including papillary, follicular, poorly differentiated, and undifferentiated thyroid cancer. Among 141 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer, higher TMSB4X expression was associated with papillary tumor type, extrathyroidal extension, lymph node metastasis, and BRAF V600E mutation. The results were consistent with those from the public transcriptomic datasets. In summary, TMSB4X expression was aberrantly increased in various types of thyroid cancer, and higher TMSB4X expression was correlated with advanced disease characteristics. Thymosin beta-4 may be a novel downstream effector of the BRAF V600E mutation.

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Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafThyroid NeoplasmsHumansMutationThymosin beta(4)Thyroid Cancer, PapillaryBRAF protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafThymosin beta(4)TMSB4X protein, humanimmunohistochemistrythymosin beta-4thyroid cancerTMSB4X

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PMID36321670
PMCPMC9660367
OpenAlexW4307976119

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