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MELANOMA RESEARCH
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 8-12Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e32835d5d6f
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benign nevus; immunohistochemistry; JARID1B protein; melanoma; spatial expression pattern
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It has been suggested that dynamically regulated expression of the JARID1B protein is required for the continuous growth of tumors and at the same time downregulated in melanoma. The majority of the data on a role of JARID1B in maintaining tumor growth has come from in-vitro and xenografting experiments, with only one immunohistochemical study involving human tissues. We compared JARID1B expression levels in human melanomas and benign nevi and analyzed patterns of spatial distributions of positive cells among different skin layers of the lesions. The expression of JARID1B was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples of 30 nevi, 27 primary melanomas, four lymph node metastases, and one local recurrence of melanoma. Staining for JARID1B protein was stronger in melanomas compared with nevi. We also found a significant difference in the spatial distribution of positive cells in individual skin layers of nevi and melanomas. Staining of melanocytes located in granular and spinous layers of nevi was observed very rarely, whereas for melanomas, the mean percentage fractions of positive cells present in these layers exceeded the maximum values found for nevi. The spatial patterns and expression levels of JARID1B did not change significantly with melanoma progression and were similar for primary, metastatic, and recurrent melanomas. Contrary to earlier reports, this study shows enhanced expression of JARID1B by melanoma cells and indicates that such an enhancement may be an early event in the disease progression, is not correlated with melanoma invasiveness, and therefore may not be a suitable candidate as a prognostic marker. Melanoma Res 23:8-12 (C) 2013 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Melanoma Research 2013, 23: 8-12
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