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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-19
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of our study was to document whether relationships existed among bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), peripheral nerve and neoplastic lesions of nerve sheath tumors. The mRNA transcriptions of BMP-2, 3, 4 and 5 in 10 cases of schwannoma, three cases of malignant schwannoma and two cases of trigeminal neuralgia were detected using an in situ hybridization technique. Our results demonstrated that the myelin sheaths of Schwann cell from the peripheral neuroectomy of trigeminal neuralgia positively expressed mRNA of BMP-2, 3, 4, and 5. The most interesting finding was that the nerve fibers of trigeminal nerve showed only BMP-2 positive staining. All of the neoplastic lesions of nerve sheath showed a consistent but variant expression of BMP-2, 3, 4, and 5. The expression signals of BMP-2, 3, 5 mRNA in malignant schwannoma were relatively lower than in benign lesions except for the expression of BMP-4 mRNA. Our results indicated that selected members of BMPs were expressed in the peripheral nerves that might contribute to the health maintenance, proliferation, regeneration and neoplastic transformation of the peripheral nerve system. Furthermore, the effects of BMP-2, 3, 4 and 5 on peripheral nervous system during neoplastic transformation might be widespread, diverse and antagonistic.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0213-3911
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1013-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Transcriptional mRNA of BMP-2, 3, 4 and 5 in trigeminal nerve, benign and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oral Histology and Pathology, Stomatological College, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't