Biomarkers in Diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma in fine-needle aspirates.

Academic Article

Abstract

  • This study was undertaken to determine whether recently identified proteins could be translated to clinical practice as markers to distinguish pancreatic adenocarcinoma from chronic pancreatitis on fine-needle aspirate (FNA) samples. Resected pancreatic tissue sections (n = 40) and FNA samples (n = 65) were stained for clusterin-beta, MUC4, survivin, and mesothelin. For each biomarker, the staining patterns in adenocarcinoma and in reactive ductal epithelium were evaluated and compared. Clusterin-beta stained reactive ductal epithelium significantly more frequently than pancreatic adenocarcinoma (P < .001). In comparison, MUC4 and mesothelin were expressed more frequently in pancreatic adenocarcinoma on tissue sections. Positive staining for MUC4 (91% vs 0%; P < .001) and mesothelin (62% vs 0%; P = .01) and absence of staining for clusterin-beta (90% vs 7%; P < .001) were noted significantly more frequently in adenocarcinoma cells than in reactive cells in FNA samples. Clusterin-beta and MUC4 can help distinguish reactive ductal epithelial cells from the cells of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in FNA samples.

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    Keywords

  • Adenocarcinoma, Biomarkers, Tumor, Biopsy, Fine-Needle, Clusterin, Diagnosis, Differential, Epithelial Cells, GPI-Linked Proteins, Humans, Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins, Membrane Glycoproteins, Microtubule-Associated Proteins, Mucin-4, Mucins, Neoplasm Proteins, Pancreatic Ducts, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Pancreatitis, Research Design, Survivin

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    Pubmed Id

  • 22307581

    • Author List

  • Jhala N; Jhala D; Vickers SM; Eltoum I; Batra SK; Manne U; Eloubeidi M; Jones JJ; Grizzle WE

    • Start Page

  • 572

    • End Page

  • 579

    • Volume

  • 126

    • Issue

  • 4