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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-2-20
pubmed:abstractText
Villin is a cytoskeletal protein of microvilli of epithelial cell brush borders found principally in absorptive cells of the intestine and proximal renal tubule. A marker of both enterocyte differentiation and epithelial cell polarity, it has been studied mainly in experimental animals. We raised monoclonal antibodies to villin and used them to localize it in human ileum and colon and in 22 colonic neoplasms. Villin is localized in the brush border of normal ileum and in the luminal border of normal colon and is expressed with increasing staining intensity as cells migrate from crypt to surface. It was present in the luminal border in all five adenomas and in 16 of 17 adenocarcinomas studied. In addition, villin staining was observed in the cytoplasm of 10 tumors, and in the basement membrane area surrounding tumor in 10 cases. In "transitional" mucosa adjacent to carcinomas it was confined to the luminal border. Abnormal expression of villin by a significant proportion of colonic tumors suggests that it may have a role as a marker of colorectal neoplasia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0016-5085
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
94
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
343-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Adenoma, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Basement Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Chickens, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Colon, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Colonic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Female, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Ileum, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Immunoassay, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Intestinal Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Male, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Microvilli, pubmed-meshheading:3335311-Middle Aged
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Localization of villin, a cytoskeletal protein specific to microvilli, in human ileum and colon and in colonic neoplasms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't