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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
Smads are signal transducers for the members of the TGF-beta superfamily. Of these Smads, Smad4 is essential for TGF-beta signaling. The purpose of this study was to elucidate Smad4 expression and localization in 65 gastric adenomas, 49 intestinal-type and 39 diffuse type of gastric adenocarcinomas (including 12 cases of fresh frozen tissue) using Real-time RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. Real-time RT-PCR showed that intestinal type gastric adenocarcinomas have higher Smad4 mRNA expression than diffuse type gastric adenocarcinomas. Immunohistochemical stain for Smad4 revealed that expression of Smad4 was significantly lower in diffuse-type gastric adenocarcinoma than intestinal-type gastric adenocarcinomas. Also, higher Smad4 protein expression in intestinal type gastric adenocarcinomas than overall gastric adenoma was noted. The rate of reduced Smad4 expression was higher in advanced gastric cancer than early gastric cancer. These results suggest that Smad4 might play different roles in human gastric carcinogenesis, especially between intestinal type and diffuse type of gastric adenocarcinoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0213-3911
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
543-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Adenoma, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Gastric Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Smad4 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Stomach Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:15736060-Transforming Growth Factor beta
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Smad4 expression in gastric adenoma and adenocarcinoma: frequent loss of expression in diffuse type of gastric adenocarcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't