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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-6
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty-six primary human colorectal tumors, 43 noninvolved colon samples that were adjacent to either carcinomas of adenomas, 22 adenomas, and nine normal colon specimens were immunohistochemically examined for the presence and localization of two epidermal growth factor-related peptides, amphiregulin (AR) and cripto. Within the primary tumors, 18 (50%) showed moderate levels of AR expression. Approximately 60% of the tubular and tubulovillous adenomas were positive for AR expression, whereas only 15% of the adjacent, noninvolved colon mucosa expressed AR. A greater proportion of well-differentiated tumors (71%) were positive for AR expression than were poorly differentiated tumors (18%). All of the nine normal colon specimens were positive. Consequently, AR expression appeared to be associated with both normal and malignant epithelial cells that were more differentiated. The distribution of cripto expression was different. Seventy-nine % of the colon tumors expressed cripto with a frequency of expression that was approximately equivalent between well-differentiated and poorly differentiated tumors. Approximately 86% of the tubulovillous adenomas, but only 43% of the tubular adenomas, were positive for cripto expression. In contrast, whereas AR was expressed in normal colon specimens, none of these tissues expressed cripto, and only 12% of the noninvolved normal colon samples adjacent to tumors or adenomas were positive for cripto. Cripto expression therefore appeared related to neoplasia. These data suggest that AR and cripto may be functioning as potential autocrine and/or paracrine growth factors in the colon and that the differential expression of cripto may serve as a potential tumor marker for colonic carcinogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Epidermal Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GPI-Linked Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Growth Substances, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Intercellular Signaling Peptides..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neoplasm Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Neoplasm, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TDGF1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Markers, Biological, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/amphiregulin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3467-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Adenoma, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Colon, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Colonic Polyps, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-GPI-Linked Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Growth Substances, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Intestinal Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:1596904-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential immunohistochemical detection of amphiregulin and cripto in human normal colon and colorectal tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article