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ArticleThe American journal of pathology1996

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene expression in prostatic hyperplasia and prostate adenocarcinoma.

L Mazzucchelli, P Loetscher, A Kappeler, M Uguccioni, M Baggiolini, J A Laissue, C Mueller

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Article in The American journal of pathology, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Genetic variants of chemokine CCL2 and chemokine receptor CCR2 genes and risk of prostate cancer.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2015
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  10. Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and CC chemokine receptor 2 polymorphisms and prognosis of renal cell carcinoma.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2013
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  11. Role of bone marrow-derived cells in angiogenesis: focus on macrophages and pericytes.Cancer microenvironment : official journal of the International Cancer Microenvironment Society · 2012
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L MazzucchelliInstitute of Pathology, University of Bern, Switzerland.
P Loetscher
A Kappeler
M Uguccioni
M Baggiolini
J A Laissue
C Mueller
University of Bern · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) has been shown to act as a chemokine in the recruitment of monocyte/macrophages during inflammation states. Furthermore, there is increasing evidence that MCP-1 is involved in the recruitment of tumor-associated macrophages. In vivo, one of the major cellular sources of MCP-1 are the smooth muscle cells. As MCP-1 gene expression and/or protein production in these cells is not necessarily correlated with the accumulation of inflammatory cells, there might possibly be additional functions of this cytokine. In the present study, we investigated by use of 35S-labeled antisense RNA probes whether the MCP-1 gene is expressed in tissue specimens of benign prostatic hyperplasia (n = 13) and specimens of prostate carcinoma (n = 8), both of which are characterized by a prominent fibromuscular stroma and inconspicuous inflammatory infiltrates. MCP-1 transcripts were located in stromal smooth muscle cells and, additionally, in basal cells of benign prostatic glands. In prostate carcinoma, the number of MCP-1 mRNA-expressing cells was significantly less than in benign prostatic hyperplasia. MCP-1 transcripts were located in preserved fibromuscular stroma and in basal cells of entrapped non-neoplastic glands but not in carcinomatous cells. Immunohistochemical staining with polyclonal antibodies raised against MCP-1 revealed strong reactivity in the fibromuscular stroma surrounding both benign and malignant glands. MCP-1 gene expression or immunoreactivity for anti-MCP-1 antibodies was not related to the rare, lymphocytic interstitial infiltrates. The results show that 1) in the absence of significant leukocyte accumulation, it is unlikely that MCP-1 exerts chemotactic functions in the prostate and 2) that MCP-1, in contrast to previous findings in a wide variety of other human neoplasms, is not expressed in carcinomatous cells of the prostate.

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AdenocarcinomaAdultAgedCell CountChemokine CCL2Gene ExpressionHumansHyperplasiaImmunohistochemistryIn Situ HybridizationMaleMiddle AgedProstatic HyperplasiaProstatic NeoplasmsRNA, MessengerRNA ProbesChemokine CCL2RNA, MessengerRNA Probes

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PMID8701989
PMCPMC1865321
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