Tang W, Inagaki Y, Kokudo N, Guo Q, Seyama Y, Nakata M, Imamura H, Sano K, Sugawara Y, Makuuchi M. KL-6 mucin expression in carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: Association with cancer progression. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(35): 5450-5454 [PMID: 16222735 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i35.5450]
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Dr. Wei Tang, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. tang-sur@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Tang W, Inagaki Y, Kokudo N, Guo Q, Seyama Y, Nakata M, Imamura H, Sano K, Sugawara Y, Makuuchi M. KL-6 mucin expression in carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: Association with cancer progression. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(35): 5450-5454 [PMID: 16222735 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i35.5450]
Wei Tang, Norihiro Kokudo, Qian Guo, Yasuji Seyama, Hiroshi Imamura, Keiji Sano, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
Yoshinori Inagaki, Department of Applied Biochemistry, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
Munehiro Nakata, Department of Applied Biochemistry and Institute of Glycotechnology, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by Grants-in-aid From the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan and a grant for Hi-Tech Research from Tokai University
Correspondence to: Dr. Wei Tang, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. tang-sur@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Received: March 1, 2005 Revised: April 6, 2005 Accepted: April 9, 2005 Published online: September 21, 2005
Abstract
AIM: To assess histochemical expression of KL-6 and its clinicopathological significance in carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater.
METHODS: Ampullary carcinoma tissues were collected from 38 patients who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy or local resection. Tissues were subjected to immunohi-stochemical analysis using KL-6 antibody.
RESULTS: Positive staining of ampullary carcinoma cells was observed in 26 (68.4%) cases. Staining was not found in the surrounding non-cancer regions of the ampullary tissues. Remarkable KL-6 expression was observed in invasive carcinoma cells in pancreatic and duodenal tissues and in metastatic carcinoma cells in lymph nodes. Positive KL-6 expression was related to lymph node metastasis (P = 0.020), pancreatic invasion (P = 0.016), duodenal invasion (P = 0.034), and advanced stage of TNM clinical classification (P = 0.010). Survival analysis showed that positive expression of KL-6 was related to a poorer prognosis (P = 0.029).
CONCLUSION: The aberrant expression of KL-6 mucin is significantly related to unfavorable behaviors of carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater.
