We sought to investigate the expression of EpCAM and Trop2 in Pituitary adenomas (PAs) and study the correlation of protein expression with invasiveness, proliferation, clinical functioning, recurrence/progression, and some other factors. We investigated the expression of EpCAM and Trop2 in 74 samples of PAs by immunohistochemistry and made correlative analysis of protein overexpression with clinicopathological parameters. Follow-up data was analyzed for recurrence/progression with Kaplan-Meier method and Multivariate Cox regression analysis. Immunohistochemistry results showed that overexpression rates of EpCAM and Trop2 were 51/74 (68.9%) and 43/74 (58.1%), respectively. For both EpCAM and Trop2, PAs with invasiveness showed a higher overexpression rate than PAs without invasiveness (P-EpCAM = 0.001; P-Trop2 = 0.006). Nonfunctional Pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) demonstrated a higher EpCAM overexpression than functional Pituitary adenomas (FPAs) (P = 0.026). Both EpCAM and Trop2 overexpression correlated significantly with expression of proliferation factor Ki-67 (P-EpCAM = 0.011; P-Trop2 = 0.000), but not with gender and age. Follow-up analysis revealed that Trop2 overexpression was a significantly predictive factor for recurrence/progression by means of Kaplan-Meier method d (P = 0.028) and Multivariate Cox regression analysis (P = 0.025). This study reveals that both EpCAM and Trop2 overexpression in PAs correlate significantly with invasiveness and proliferation. EpCAM presents a potential target for differential diagnosis and immunotherapy for NFPAs. Follow-up analysis shows that Trop2 is a predictive factor for recurrence/progression for PAs.
基金:
Science and Technology Department of Shandong Province [ZR2010HM013]; Science and Technology Development Plan of Shandong Province [2014GSF118025]; National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81171062, 81100836]
第一作者单位:[1]Shandong Univ, Dept Neurosurg, Shandong Prov Hosp, Jinan 250021, Peoples R China[2]Shandong Univ, Sch Med, Jinan 250012, Peoples R China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Chen Xin,Pang Bo,Liang Yu,et al.Overexpression of EpCAM and Trop2 in pituitary adenomas[J].INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of CLINICAL and EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY.2014,7(11):7907-7914.
APA:
Chen, Xin,Pang, Bo,Liang, Yu,Xu, Shang-Chen,Xin, Tao...&Pang, Qi.(2014).Overexpression of EpCAM and Trop2 in pituitary adenomas.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of CLINICAL and EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY,7,(11)
MLA:
Chen, Xin,et al."Overexpression of EpCAM and Trop2 in pituitary adenomas".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of CLINICAL and EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 7..11(2014):7907-7914