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Título: Bcl-2 expression in colorectal tumours. Correlation with p53, mdm-2, Rb proteins and proliferation indices
Fecha de publicación: 2000
Editorial: Murcia : F. Hernández
ISSN: 0213-3911
Materias relacionadas: CDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::61 - Medicina::616 - Patología. Medicina clínica. Oncología
Palabras clave: p53
Colorectal tumours
Resumen: Immunostaining for bcl-2 protein was performed in 27 colorectal adenomas and 108 colorectal adenocarcinomas. The aim of the study was to determine bcl-2 expression in correlation with p53, mdm-2 and Rb expression, with proliferation indices (Ki-67-LI, PCNALI) as well as with conventional clinicopathological variables. A higher proportion of adenomas (30.8%) than carcinomas (16.7%) expressed bcl-2 and conversely, a lower proportion of adenomas (7.4%) than carcinomas expressed p53 (57.1 %), the difference being statistically significant (p<0.0001). No correlation of bcl-2 expression with p53 expression (parallel or inverse) as well as with the other parameters studied was observed in any tumour. The bcl-2+/p53- subgroup of cancers showed a trend for correlation with negative lymph node status. Our data suggest, that bcl-2 expression may be involved in the early phase of colorectal carcinogenesis regardless of p53 status, while p53 function may be involved in a late stage of the adenoma-carcinoma sequence. P53 is apparently not involved in the regulation of apoptosis in the colorectal neoplasias or perhaps bcl-2 expression, as an early event in colorectal tumours, may occur before changes of p53 take place. Tumours with bcl-2+/p53- immunophenotype are frequently associated with negative lymph node status and seem to have a less aggressive behavior.
Autor/es principal/es: Goussia, A.C.
Loachim, E.
Agnantis, N.J.
Mahera, M.
Tsianos, E.V.
Forma parte de: Histology and histopathology
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10201/19341
Tipo de documento: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Número páginas / Extensión: 6
Derechos: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Aparece en las colecciones:Vol.15, nº 3 (2000)



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