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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-9
pubmed:abstractText
CD109 is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored cell surface protein, which is a member of the alpha2-macroglobulin/C3, C4, C5 family of thioester-containing proteins. It has been reported that CD109 is expressed in a subset of hematopoietic cells, endothelial cells and several kinds of human tumors. Herein it is reported that the CD109 protein is preferentially expressed in lung squamous cell carcinomas compared with other types of lung carcinoma including adenocarcinomas, large cell carcinomas and small cell carcinomas. Immunohistochemical staining of surgically resected lung specimens using an anti-CD109 antibody detected CD109 expression in basal cells of bronchial and bronchiolar epithelia and myoepithelial cells of bronchial secretary glands, but not in bronchial and bronchiolar apical epithelial cells and alveolar epithelial cells. Furthermore, the CD109 immunoreactivity was observed in squamous cell carcinomas at a high frequency compared with other types of lung carcinoma. Although the detailed function of CD109 protein is unclear, these results suggest that CD109 expression may play a role in the development of lung squamous cell carcinoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1320-5463
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
719-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Carcinoma, Large Cell, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Carcinoma, Small Cell, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-GPI-Linked Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:17922683-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
High-level expression of CD109 is frequently detected in lung squamous cell carcinomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't