pRB expression in esophageal mucosa of individuals at high risk for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus
pRB expression in esophageal mucosa of individuals at high risk for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus作者机构：Post-Graduate Program in Surgery Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Brazil University Hospital-Division of Gastroenterology Federal University of Santa Maria Brazil
出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2007年第13卷第11期
页 面：1728-1731页
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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Esophageal cancer Squamous cell carcinoma Risk factors pRB Carcinogenesis
摘 要：AIM: To investigate the pRb expression in a large group of patients with history of chronic exposure to the main risk factors for development of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. METHODS: One hundred and seventy asymptomatic individuals at high risk for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (consumption of more than 80 g of ethanol and 10 cigarettes/d for at least 10 years) underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with biopsies of the esophageal mucosa. As a control group, specimens of esophageal mucosa obtained from 20 healthy subjects were also studied. Immunohistochemical assessment of the tissues was performed using a monoclonal antibody anti-pRB protein. RESULTS: Absence of the pRB staining, indicating loss of RB function, was observed in 33 (19.4%) of the individuals at risk for esophageal cancer, but in none of the healthy controls (P 0.02). Loss of pRb expression increased in a stepwise fashion according to the severity of the histological findings (P 0.005): normal mucosa (11/97 or 11.3%), chronic esophagitis (17/60 or 28.3%), low-grade dysplasia (3/10 or 30%), high-grade dysplasia 1/2 or 50%) and squamous cell carcinoma (1/1 or 100%). CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that abnormal expression of the pRB protein may be implicated in the process of esophageal carcinogenesis. Additional studies are warranted to define the role of the pRBprotein as a biomarker for development of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in individuals at high risk for this malignancy.
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