Nectin expression in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: nectin-3 is associated with a poor prognosis

The Japanese journal of surgery - Tập 45 - Trang 487-494 - 2015
Hideki Izumi1, Kenichi Hirabayashi2, Naoya Nakamura2, Toshio Nakagohri1
1Department of Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
2Department of Pathology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Tóm tắt

Nectins are cell adhesion molecules that regulate the formation of adherens junctions and are linked with E-cadherin-based cell–cell adherens junctions. In pancreatic cancer, the expression of E-cadherin and nectins is considered to be related to metastasis, invasion and prognosis. We evaluated the distribution of cells that were positive for nectin subtypes and E-cadherin using immunohistochemistry in specimens of human pancreatic adenocarcinoma, and correlated these results with the clinicopathological features and patient outcomes. The immunohistochemical distribution of nectin-1 and E-cadherin showed a good correlation (r = 0.523, p < 0.01). Tumors over 4 cm in diameter had more intense staining for nectin-4 than smaller tumors (p = 0.035). Nectin-2 expression correlated with a poorer histological grade (p = 0.04). The cases that showed diffuse nectin-3 expression had a better prognosis than those with negative expression (p = 0.018). Our results showed that the expression of nectin-3 in pancreatic cancer can be a prognostic factor.

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