[PMID]: | 28161440 |
[Au] Autor: | Reddy HS; Keene CD; Chang SH; Jian-Amadi A; Cimino PJ |
[Ad] Endereço: | Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States. |
[Ti] Título: | Immunohistochemical profiling including beta-catenin in conjunctival melanocytic lesions. |
[So] Source: | Exp Mol Pathol;102(2):198-202, 2017 Apr. |
[Is] ISSN: | 1096-0945 |
[Cp] País de publicação: | Netherlands |
[La] Idioma: | eng |
[Ab] Resumo: | Conjunctival melanocytic lesions encompass a group of clinically diverse, benign to malignant, neoplasms that may contain overlapping histopathological features, making definitive diagnosis challenging in some cases. In this series, we compared multiple immunohistochemical (IHC) markers in 11 conjunctival nevi, 10 primary acquired melanosis (PAM) lesions, and 11 conjunctival melanomas. Immunostains included the melanocytic markers HMB-45 and Melan-A, as well as the proliferative marker Ki-67. Loss of beta-catenin expression has been associated with more aggressive clinical disease in cutaneous melanoma, but its status in conjunctival melanocytic lesions is not known, therefore we incorporated beta-catenin immunohistochemical staining in our study. In this series, conjunctival melanomas had a higher Ki-67 proliferative index and HMB-45 immunoreactivity than did PAM lesions and conjunctival nevi (P<0.001). Melan-A was highly expressed in all 3 groups. Beta-catenin was more strongly expressed in melanomas and nevi than in PAM (P<0.001). There was high inter-grader reliability (Kappa=0.53). Overall, IHC labeling of HMB-45 and Ki-67 is increased in conjunctival melanomas compared to PAM or conjunctival nevi. Beta-catenin, an IHC marker previously unstudied in conjunctival melanocytic lesions, is not preferentially expressed in benign lesions and may play a different role in conjunctival atypia than it does in cutaneous melanoma. |
[Mh] Termos MeSH primário: |
Neoplasias da Túnica Conjuntiva/metabolismo Imuno-Histoquímica Melanoma/metabolismo Nevo Pigmentado/metabolismo Neoplasias Cutâneas/metabolismo beta Catenina/metabolismo
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[Mh] Termos MeSH secundário: |
Proliferação Celular Neoplasias da Túnica Conjuntiva/genética Perfilação da Expressão Gênica Marcadores Genéticos Seres Humanos Antígeno Ki-67/genética Antígeno Ki-67/metabolismo Antígeno MART-1/genética Antígeno MART-1/metabolismo Melanoma/genética Antígenos Específicos de Melanoma/genética Antígenos Específicos de Melanoma/metabolismo Nevo Pigmentado/genética Neoplasias Cutâneas/genética beta Catenina/genética
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[Pt] Tipo de publicação: | JOURNAL ARTICLE |
[Nm] Nome de substância:
| 0 (CTNNB1 protein, human); 0 (Genetic Markers); 0 (HMB-45 protein, human); 0 (Ki-67 Antigen); 0 (MART-1 Antigen); 0 (Melanoma-Specific Antigens); 0 (beta Catenin) |
[Em] Mês de entrada: | 1708 |
[Cu] Atualização por classe: | 170809 |
[Lr] Data última revisão:
| 170809 |
[Sb] Subgrupo de revista: | IM |
[Da] Data de entrada para processamento: | 170206 |
[St] Status: | MEDLINE |
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