Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 3441: Small Bowel Adenocarcinomas Featuring Special AT-Rich Sequence-Binding Protein 2 (SATB2) Expression and a Colorectal Cancer-Like Immunophenotype: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 3441: Small Bowel Adenocarcinomas Featuring Special AT-Rich Sequence-Binding Protein 2 (SATB2) Expression and a Colorectal Cancer-Like Immunophenotype: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall
Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12113441
Authors:
Giuseppe Neri
Giovanni Arpa
Camilla Guerini
Federica Grillo
Marco Vincenzo Lenti
Paolo Giuffrida
Daniela Furlan
Fausto Sessa
Erica Quaquarini
Alessandra Viglio
Cristina Ubezio
Alessandra Pasini
Stefano Ferrero
Gianluca Sampietro
Sandro Ardizzone
Giovanni Latella
Claudia Mescoli
Massimo Rugge
Fabiana Zingone
Valeria Barresi
Rachele Ciccocioppo
Paolo Pedrazzoli
Gino Roberto Corazza
Ombretta Luinetti
Enrico Solcia
Marco Paulli
Antonio Di Sabatino
Alessandro Vanoli
Special AT-rich sequence-binding protein 2 (SATB2) is a transcription factor expressed by colonic cryptic epithelium and epithelial neoplasms of the lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract, as well as by small bowel adenocarcinomas (SBAs), though at a lower rate. Nevertheless, up to now, only small SBA series, often including a very limited number of Crohn’s disease-associated SBAs (CrD-SBAs) and celiac disease-associated SBAs (CD-SBA), have been investigated for SATB2 expression. We evaluated the expression of SATB2 and other GI phenotypic markers (cytokeratin (CK) 7 and CK20, caudal type homeobox 2 (CDX2) and alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR)), as well as mismatch repair (MMR) proteins, in 100 SB...
Source: Cancers - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Giuseppe Neri Giovanni Arpa Camilla Guerini Federica Grillo Marco Vincenzo Lenti Paolo Giuffrida Daniela Furlan Fausto Sessa Erica Quaquarini Alessandra Viglio Cristina Ubezio Alessandra Pasini Stefano Ferrero Gianluca Sampietro Sandro Ardizzone Giovanni Tags: Article Source Type: research