Malignancies of the uterine corpus and immunoreactivity score of the DNA "mismatch-repair" enzyme human Mut-S-Homologon-2
Malignancies of the uterine corpus and immunoreactivity score of the DNA "mismatch-repair" enzyme human Mut-S-Homologon-2
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DOI:
10.1177/002215549904700112
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发表时间:
1999-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Reichrath, J
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作者:
Friedrich, M;Villena-Heinsen, C;Reichrath, J
We analyzed human Mut-S-Homologon-2 expression in normal endometrial tissue (n = 15) and malignancies of the uterine corpus (n = 40). Human Mut-S-Homologon-2 protein was investigated immunohistochemically on frozen sections, using a highly sensitive streptavidin-peroxidase technique and a specific mouse monoclonal antibody (clone FE11). Human Mut-S-Homologon-2 labeling pattern was compared with the staining pattern of the proliferation marker Ki-67 in the same tumors. A human Mut-S-Homologon-2 immunoreactivity score (human Mut-S-Homologon-2-IRS: negative 0-1; weak 2-3; moderate 4-6; strong 8-12) for semiquantitative analysis of human Mut-S-Homologon-2 expression is presented. In normal endometrial tissue samples we found weak nuclear immunoreactivity for human Mut-S-Homologon-2 in 67%, whereas the remaining 33% were negative for human Mut-S-Homologon-2 (mean hu man Mut-S-Homologon-2-IRS 1.25 +/- 1.29). Al I malignancies of the uterine corpus analyzed revealed moderate to strong nuclear immunoreactivity (mean human Mut-S-Homologon-2-IRS 9.00, +/- 3.16). Human Mut-S-Homologon-2 staining was heterogeneous, with Visual differences among individual tumor cells. Expression of human Mut-S-Homologon-2 protein was consistently and strongly upregulated in tumor cells of malignancies of the uterine corpus compared with normal endometrial tissue (human Mut-S-Homologon-2-PP p < 0.001; human Mut-S-Homologon-2-IS p