1. Clinical Significance of MUC4 and Associated Proteins in Pancreatic and Periampullary Cancers.
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Rashid S, Singh N, Rashid S, Das P, Gupta S, Chauhan SS, Sati HC, Dash NR, Sharma A, Dey S, and Saraya A
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- Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Female, Aged, Biomarkers, Tumor genetics, Biomarkers, Tumor metabolism, Biomarkers, Tumor blood, Adult, Pancreatitis, Chronic metabolism, Pancreatitis, Chronic genetics, Pancreatitis, Chronic diagnosis, Pancreatitis, Chronic blood, Case-Control Studies, Ampulla of Vater metabolism, Ampulla of Vater pathology, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Common Bile Duct Neoplasms metabolism, Common Bile Duct Neoplasms genetics, Common Bile Duct Neoplasms diagnosis, Common Bile Duct Neoplasms pathology, Clinical Relevance, Mucin-4 metabolism, Mucin-4 genetics, Pancreatic Neoplasms genetics, Pancreatic Neoplasms metabolism, Pancreatic Neoplasms diagnosis, Pancreatic Neoplasms blood, Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal genetics, Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal metabolism, Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal diagnosis, Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal pathology, Cholangiocarcinoma genetics, Cholangiocarcinoma metabolism, Cholangiocarcinoma diagnosis, Immunohistochemistry
- Abstract
Objective: This study primarily aimed to assess the expression of MUC4 in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) as compared with controls and assess its clinical relevance., Materials and Methods: Serum MUC4 levels and MUC4 gene expression in snap-frozen tissue were analyzed through surface plasmon resonance and quantitative polymerase chain reaction, respectively. Tumor tissues and control tissues were analyzed for MUC4 and other mucins through immunohistochemistry., Result: MUC4 expression in tumor tissue was found to be significantly elevated in PDAC patients as compared with chronic pancreatitis tissues and normal pancreatic tissues. Periampullary carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma tissue also showed increased expression of MUC4 and other mucins., Conclusions: Differential expression of MUC4 in pancreatic tumor tissues can help to differentiate PDAC from benign conditions., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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