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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
Ets-2, a transcriptional factor, has been linked to carcinoma progression but in-depth studies on its expression in human carcinoma have not been done. The present study investigated ets-2 expression in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The ets-2 labeling index (LI) in normal pancreatic duct and pancreatic adenocarcinoma averaged 33.1+/-8.4 and 43.1+/-18.6, respectively. No statistical significance was found between the LI of normal duct and that of carcinoma with low biological aggressiveness. However, in cases with highly aggressive phenotypes such as stage IV, moderate or poor differentiation, lymph node metastasis, larger size, vascular invasion, lymphatic invasion, perineural invasion, retropancreatic invasion and capsular invasion, the ets-2 LI was significantly higher than in normal ducts and in cases with lower biological aggressiveness. Also, ets-2 transfected pancreatic carcinoma cells, when injected into athymic mice caused the formation of large tumors. These results suggest that ets-2 plays a role in the progression of pancreatic adenocarcinoma predominantly in the late phase.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1021-335X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
853-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Lymph Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Lymphatic Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Pancreas, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Pancreatic Ducts, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Pancreatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets, pubmed-meshheading:12066221-Transcription Factors
pubmed:articleTitle
Ets-2 overexpression contributes to progression of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan. ito01@kuma-h.or.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study