- Reduced Expression of Claudin-7 Correlates with Invasiveness and Nuclear Grade of Breast Carcinomas.
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Sang Hee Seok, Su Hwan Kang, Soo Jung Lee, Tae Yoon Hwang, Young Kyung Bae
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Korean J Pathol. 2007;41(3):158-164.
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- Background
: Claudins are important components of the tight junctions in the intercellular barriers and cell polarity.
Among them, claudin-7 is down-regulated in breast cancers compared with the normal breast epithelium. The aim of this study was to determine the expression pattern and prognostic value of claudin-7 in breast carcinomas.
Methods
: Claudin-7 expression was evaluated immunohistochemically in 42 cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and in 142 cases of invasive breast carcinoma (IBC) using a tissue microarray (TMA).
Results
: Claudin- 7 was strongly expressed in the normal luminal epithelial cells in the breast lobule. The level of claudin-7 expression was significantly lower or absent in 45.2% (19/42) of DCIS and 72.5% (103/142) of IBC. A loss or reduced expression of claudin-7 correlated with the invasiveness (p=0.001) of breast carcinomas and a high nuclear grade (p=0.013) in IBC.
Conclusion
Claudin-7 is an important tight junction protein in the breast and a loss of expression may assist in the dissociation and invasion of tumor cells.
- Ectopic Hamartomatous Thymoma: A Case Report along with a Review of the Literature Concerning the Histogenesis and New Nomenclature.
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Sang Hee Seok, Dong Hyun Lee, Su Hwan Kang, Young Kyung Bae
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Korean J Pathol. 2006;40(4):292-296.
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- Ectopic hamartomatous thymoma (EHT) is a rare and distinctive benign neoplasm of the lower neck. We here report on a case of EHT arising in the suprasternal area of 47-year-old male patient. The well-circumscribed mass measured 7 x 6 x 4 cm and it predominantly had a solid gray-white cut surface. Microscopically, the tumor consisted of spindle cells, epithelial nests, and mature adipose tissue. The epithelial component was arranged in anastomosing cords, solid nests and variable-sized cysts that were lined by squamous or cuboidal epithelium. The spindle cells revealed the myoepithelial immunohistochemical phenotype. There was no obvious thymic differentiation nor was any normal thymic tissue observed in our case. We think that EHT needs to be reclassified with using different nomenclature to designate its origin and histology. Further, pathologists and clinicians should be aware of the existence of this tumor in the lower neck so as not to mistake it for high-grade sarcoma or spindle cell carcinoma.
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