Clinico-pathological characteristics of p63 expression in B-cell lymphoma

Autor: Masaru Ide, Naoko Sueoka, Noriko Funai, Noriyasu Fukushima, Rika Tomimasu, Toshimi Satoh, Nobuo Kuwahara, Akemi Sato, Osamu Tokunaga, Naoko Tsuneyoshi, Takashi Hisatomi, Masayuki Sano, Eisaburo Sueoka
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Cancer Science. 97:1050-1055
ISSN: 1349-7006
1347-9032
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2006.00284.x
Popis: A member of the family of p53-related genes, p63 plays a role in regulating epithelial proliferation and differentiation programs, but the pathological and clinical meaning of p63 in B-cell lymphoma has not been elucidated. We investigated the expression pattern of p63 in B-cell malignancies, and evaluated the correlation between the expression of p63 and other germinal center markers. Ninety-eight B-cell lymphomas (28 FCL, 5 MCL, and 65 DLBCL) were analyzed by immunohistochemical examination for p63, bcl-6, CD10 and MUM-1 proteins, and for rearrangement of bcl-2/IgH. Expression of p63 was observed in the nuclei of tumor cells obtained from 15 of 28 (54%) FCL, 22 of 65 (34%) DLBCL, but none of 5 MCL. In DLBCL, the expression of p63 and bcl-6 showed a significant correlation (P
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