Author/Authors :
Noguchi، نويسنده , , Ken-ichi and Enjoji، نويسنده , , Munechika and Nakamuta، نويسنده , , Makoto and Nakashima، نويسنده , , Manabu and Nishi، نويسنده , , Hidehiro and Choi، نويسنده , , Ilseung and Taguchi، نويسنده , , Ken-ichi and Kotoh، نويسنده , , Kazuhiro and Shimada، نويسنده , , Mitsuo and Sugimachi، نويسنده , , Keizo and Tsuneyoshi، نويسنده , , Masazumi and Nawata، نويسنده , , Hajime and Watanabe، نويسنده , , Takeshi، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
RCAS1 has been reported as a tumor-associated antigen in uterine and ovarian carcinomas. In vitro studies on RCAS1 indicated that it might function as an apoptosis-inducing factor since binding between RCAS1 and its receptor induced apoptosis in receptor-expressing cells. In this study, 68 surgically resected samples of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were prepared and RCAS1 expression was examined immunohistochemically, because RCAS1 was also positive in all HCC cell lines tested. Clinical and pathological parameters were then compared between RCAS1-positive and -negative HCC cases. As a result, RCAS1 is expressed in 26.5% of HCC cases and vascular invasion is observed at a much higher rate in the RCAS1-positive cases (72.2%) than in RCAS1-negative cases (24.0%). RCAS1 is not an antigen specific for gynecological cancers. In HCC cases, the RCAS1-positive percentage is not high, however, RCAS1-positive HCCs exhibited a trend towards invasive character.
Keywords :
monoclonal antibody , Tumor-associated antigen , Vascular invasion , hepatocellular carcinoma
