Absence of estrogen receptor-α expression in human ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma compared with ovarian serous, endometrioid, and mucinous adenocarcinoma
Absence of estrogen receptor-α expression in human ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma compared with ovarian serous, endometrioid, and mucinous adenocarcinoma
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DOI:
10.1097/00000478-200105000-00016
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发表时间:
2001-05-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Saito, S
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作者:
Fujimura, M;Hidaka, T;Saito, S
The mechanism that regulates growth in ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA) is not well understood. A high incidence of concurrent endometriosis with CCA may indicate that estrogen is a growth promotor in CCA. To determine estrogen as a growth promotor, the authors investigated the presence or absence of estrogen receptor-alpha (ER-alpha), ER-beta, progesterone receptor. and dioxin receptor (i.e., aromatic hydrocarbon receptor) in clinically resected ovarian CCA, serous adenocarcinoma (SAC), endometrioid adenocarcinoma (EAC), and mucinous adenocarcinoma (MAC) specimens using an immunohistochemical method. Expression of ER-alpha and ER-beta messenger ribonucleic acid was examined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in three established CCA cell lines: KK, RMG-1. and MAC-II. None of the surgically resected CCA and CCA cell lines showed positive staining for ER-alpha. Conversely, 97.2% of SACs. 100% of EACs, and 70% of MACs showed positive nuclear staining for ER-alpha (p