J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 94(9): 988-992, 1993

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Original article

EXPRESSION OF THE GROWTH FACTORS (EGF, EGFR, AND TGFα) AND PCNA IN SUPERSPREADING AND PENETRATING TYPES OF GASTRIC CARCINOMAS

Expression of EGF, EGFR,TGFα, and PCNA in resected gastric carcinomas (15 cases of superspreading type and 25 cases of penetrating type) was immunohistochemically studied to understand biological features of these two types of gastric carcinomas. EGF, EGFR, and TGFα, positive cases were preferentially found in the penetrating type rather than in the superspreading type (p＜0.05). Incidence of PCNA high expression cases in the penetrating type was significantly higher than that in superspreading type. Nineteen cases (76%) of the penetrating type and 1 case of the superspreading type (6.7%) were diffusely PCNA (+), and the incidence of in the former type was significantly higher than that of the latter type (p＜0.001). One case of the superspreading type and 13 cases of the penetrating type were either EGF (+) or TGFα, (+), and EGFR (+), and the incidence in the latter type was significantly higher than that in the former type (p＜0.05), suggesting that growth and invasion of carcinoma cells,especially in the penetrating type,may depend on "autocrine mechanism". Incidence of the growth factors (+) and PCNA (+) cells in classical type of signet ring cells was lower than that in other types of singnet ring cells.

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