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WORLD JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 8, Pages 1939-1947Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-022-03942-3
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Urinary bladder neurogenic; Urinary bladder neoplasms; Squamous cell carcinoma; Inflammation; Immunohistochemistry
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- French Association of Urology (Association Francaise d'Urologie-AFU)
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This study aimed to investigate the expression of cell markers in neuro-urological patients with bladder cancer (NBC) and its correlation with carcinogenesis. The results showed that markers of basal differentiation, proliferation, and peri-tumoural lymphocytes were significantly higher in NBC, indicating the aggressiveness of NBC and the role of chronic inflammation in the development of bladder cancer in neuro-urological patients.
Purpose To establish whether the expression of markers of cell differentiation (CK7, CK14, CK20, GATA3), apoptosis (p53), proliferation (Ki67, STAG2) and peri-tumoural lymphocytes (CD3, CD8), provides specific information about urothelial carcinogenesis in neuro-urological patients with bladder cancer (NBC). Methods Tissue samples from NBC were retrieved from 15 centres in France and compared to control samples from non neuro-urological patients with bladder cancer (NNBC) and from neuro-urological patients without bladder cancer (NB). The expression of CK7, CK14, CK20, GATA3, p53, Ki67, STAG2, CD3 and CD8 markers was analysed using immunohistochemistry of tissue microarray sections. Results Overall, tissue samples from 124 patients were included in the study (n = 72 NBC, n = 26 NNBC and n = 26 NB). Muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) was found in 52 NBC patients (72.2%) and squamous cell differentiation in 9 (12.5%). In NBC samples, the expression of CK20 and GATA3 was significantly more frequent in NMIBC compared to MIBC (p = 0.015 and p = 0.004, respectively). CK20 and GATA3 were significantly more expressed in NBC compared to NNBC (p < 0.001 and p = 0.010, respectively). The expression of CK14, Ki67, CD3 and CD8 was significantly more frequent in NBC than in NNBC samples (p = 0.005, p < 0.001, p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). The expression of CD3 and CD8 was similar in NBC and NB samples. Conclusion In NBC, markers of basal differentiation, proliferation and peri-tumoural lymphocytes were significantly more expressed compared to NNBC controls. These results suggest the aggressiveness of NBC and the role of chronic inflammation in the carcinogenesis of bladder cancer in neuro-urological patients.
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