DIFFERENTIATION PATHWAYS IN PRIMARY INVASIVE BREAST CARCINOMA AS SUGGESTED BY INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT AND BIOPATHOLOGICAL MARKER EXPRESSION
✍ Scribed by SANTINI, DONATELLA; CECCARELLI, CLAUDIO; TAFFURELLI, MARIO; PILERI, STEFANO; MARRANO, DOMENICO
- Book ID
- 102647677
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 762 KB
- Volume
- 179
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3417
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✦ Synopsis
The expression of intermediate filament proteins (IFPs) in 65 primary breast carcinomas was analysed by a panel of specific antibodies. Results were integrated with the oestrogen and progesterone receptor (ER and PGR) status, Ki-67 marking, and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr) expression. Invasive breast carcinomas could he divided into three main groups: group 1 revealed positivity only for 'simple epithelial' cytokeratins (CKs 7, 8, 18, and 19); group 2 also stained with the antibodies K8.12 and 34m12; while group 3 showed co-expression of CKs 14 and 17, vimentin, and a-smooth muscle actin. Group 3 consistently comprised tumours with the highest Ki-67 levels, EGFr positivity, and ER-PGR negative status. On the other hand, groups I and 2 usually exhibited a positive hormonal status, lower proliferative activity, and EGFr negativity. The results of this study indicate that the determination of IFPs can significantly contribute to the identification of groups of patients with different biopathological settings and possibly different clinical behaviour.