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WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 31, Pages 4852-4856Publisher
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i31.4852
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S100A4; Mutation; Immunohistochemistry; Colorectal cancer; Tumor stage
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- Korea Science and Engineering Foundation [R13-2002-005-01004-0]
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AIM: To investigate whether S100A4 played an important role in the development or progression of colorectal cancer. METHODS: A total of 124 colorectal adenocarcinoma tissue specimens were analyzed by immunohistochemistry for the expression of S100A4 protein and subsequently investigated for the gene mutations in the coding region of S100A4 gene. The specimens were collected over a 3-year period in the laboratories at our large teaching hospital in Seoul, Republic of Korea. RESULTS: Normal colonic epithelium either failed to express or showed focal weak expression of S100A4. Moderate to strong cytoplasmic expression of S100A4 was seen in 69 (55.6%) of the 124 colorectal carcinoma tissue specimens. S100A4 expression was detected in 43 (69.4%) of 62 specimens with lymph node metastasis. Statistically, overexpression of S100A4 was significantly associated with Dukes' stage and lymph node metastasis. Nuclear staining was also observed in 24 (19.4%) of 124 samples and closely associated with Dukes' stage. However, there was no significant correlation between overexpression of S100A4 and other investigated clinico-pathologic parameters, including tumor localization, tumor size, and survival period. In mutational analysis, no gene mutation was found in the analyzed genomic area of colorectal cancer. CONCLUSION: Overexpression of S100A4 may be closely related with the aggressiveness of colorectal carcinoma. (c) 2005 The WJG Press and Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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