Immunohistochemical study of bcl-2 protein, Ki-67 antigen and p53 protein in epithelium of glandular odontogenic cysts and dentigerous cysts

2000 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos I. Tosios ◽  
Elina Kakarantza-Angelopoulou ◽  
Nikiforos Kapranos
2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Villalba ◽  
Federico Stolbizer ◽  
Fabián Blasco ◽  
Néstor Raúl Mauriño ◽  
María Julia Piloni ◽  
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Objective. To associate radiographic and histopathological features of pericoronal follicles (PFs) of asymptomatic impacted teeth and evaluate cell proliferation and apoptosis in the epithelium.Study Design. Epithelium and mesenchyme of radiographically normal (NPF≤2.5 mm) and hyperplastic (HPF 2.6 to 5 mm) PF (n=140) were studied histologically. Cell proliferation (PI) and epithelial apoptosis were evaluated by Ki-67 and bcl-2 expression in 14 NPFs and 10 dentigerous cysts (DCs).Results. Radiographically, 127 were NPFs and 13 were HPFs; 87.8% of total PFs exhibited epithelium on the surface. Reduced enamel epithelium was observed in 78 (61.4%) NPFs and 6 (46.2%) HPFs, squamous metaplasia in 17 (13.4%) NPFs and 4 (30.8%) HPFs, and cystic epithelium in 15 (11.8%) NPFs and 3 (23%) HPFs. Mean PI was1.97±1.25and7.97±1.74in the epithelial component of NPF and DC, respectively; bcl-2 positive expression was observed in 9 (64.3%) NPFs and 7 (70%) DCs.Conclusion. The scant epithelial remnant proliferation could imply low risk for development of odontogenic pathologies in the absence of an additional stimulus.


2001 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 970-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishwa Jeet Amatya ◽  
Yukio Takeshima ◽  
Kazuhiko Sugiyama ◽  
Kaoru Kurisu ◽  
Takashi Nishisaka ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 04 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Namrata N. Patil ◽  
Vijay Wadhwan ◽  
Minal Chowdhary ◽  
Abhishek Singh Nayyar ◽  
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Background: KAI-1/CD82 is a tumour suppressor gene; decreased gene expression is associated with the increased invasive ability of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), as hypothesised for various odontogenic cysts and tumours. p53 protein functions in the G1-S phase of the cell cycle to allow repair of the damaged DNA. In the present study, p53 and KAI-1 expression was investigated by using monoclonal antibodies in the various odontogenic cysts. Aims: To detect KAI-1 and p53 expression in radicular cysts, dentigerous cysts and odontogenic keratocysts (OKCs) and to assess the relation between p53 and KAI-1 expression in the aforementioned cysts. Materials and Methods: The present study included histopathologically diagnosed cases of radicular cysts, dentigerous cysts and OKCs for the expression of KAI-1 and p53 antibodies. Results: Amongst odontogenic cysts, radicular cysts expressed a maximum positivity of KAI-1 (20.92%) while p53 positive cells were maximum in odontogenic keratocysts (4.04%). The correlation between KAI-1 and p53 expression in the various odontogenic cysts was not found to be significant. Conclusion: The increased KAI-1 expression in the radicular cysts and its downregulation in OKCs may be indicative of aggressive clinical behaviour and the fact that OKCs are hypothesised as neoplastic rather than being developmental in origin.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Y. Kudryavtsev ◽  
L. V. Kudryavtseva ◽  
L. M. Mikhaleva ◽  
Y. Y. Kudryavtseva ◽  
N. A. Solovyeva ◽  
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Prostate cancer (PC) remains an urgent public health problem, especially in developed countries. The use of immunohistochemical research methods in addition to the morphological classification of prostate adenocarcinomas allows a more accurate diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. The aim of the study is to identify isoforms of P53 using clones of mouse antibodies (D-07 and Y5; Epitomics, USA) in prostate cancer with different proliferative activity and the degree of malignancy. Materials and Methods: The work included surgical material for prostate resection and prostatectomy, as well as biopsy specimens (56 cases in total). An immunohistochemical study was carried out with the Ki-67 marker, as well as with mouse monoclonal antibodies (D-07 and Y5) to the P53 protein, interacting with its wild and mutant isoforms. The significance of the difference in the samples was determined using the Mann-Whitney U-test, correlation relationships were determined using the Spearman coefficient. Results: Expression of P53 upon interaction with antibodies D-07 and Y5 was determined in 56.3% and 39.6%, respectively. A statistically significant direct correlation was found between the severity of P53 expression when interacting with Y5 antibodies and the degree of tumor differentiation (rs = 0.567, p 0.05), as well as between the expression level of this protein and tumor proliferative activity (rs = 0.698, p 0.05). Conclusion: Antibodies of clone D-07, interacting with both wild and mutant isoforms of P53 protein, show positive expression in adenocarcinomas of all degrees. Expression of the mutant P53 protein is most pronounced in low-differentiated carcinomas and correlates with high proliferative activity of tumor cells, which may be associated with a loss in the induction of P53-dependent apoptosis.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Anna Angelousi ◽  
Georgios Kyriakopoulos ◽  
Fani Athanasouli ◽  
Anastasia Dimitriadi ◽  
Eva Kassi ◽  
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Adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare cancer with poor prognosis that needs to be distinguished from adrenocortical adenomas (ACAs). Although, the recently developed transcriptome analysis seems to be a reliable tool for the differential diagnosis of adrenocortical neoplasms, it is not widely available in clinical practice. We aim to evaluate histological and immunohistochemical markers for the distinction of ACCs from ACAs along with assessing their prognostic role. Clinical data were retrospectively analyzed from 37 patients; 24 archived, formalin-fixed, and paraffin-embedded ACC samples underwent histochemical analysis of reticulin and immunohistochemical analysis of p27, p53, Ki-67 markers and were compared with 13 ACA samples. Weiss and Helsinki scores were also considered. Kaplan−Meier and univariate Cox regression methods were implemented to identify prognostic effects. Altered reticulin pattern, Ki-67% labelling index and overexpression of p53 protein were found to be useful histopathological markers for distinguishing ACAs from ACCs. Among the studied markers, only pathological p53 nuclear protein expression was found to reach statistically significant association with poor survival and development of metastases, although in a small series of patients. In conclusion, altered reticulin pattern and p53/Ki-67 expression are useful markers for distinguishing ACCs from ACAs. Immunohistopathology alone cannot discriminate ACCs with different prognosis and it should be combined with morphological criteria and transcriptome analysis.


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