ISSN:
1432-2307
Keywords:
p53
;
Ki-ras
;
Gastric carcinoma
;
Immunohistochemistry
;
Polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformational polymorphism
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract With the aim of detecting the timing of p53 and Ki-ras gene alterations in the gastric adenoma-carcinoma sequence, 19 early gastric adenocarcinomas arising from adenomas were studied. Immunohistochemically, 5 adenocarcinomas were positive for p53; 3 focally and 2 diffusely. The p53 point mutations were detected in a focal area with p53 immunoreactivity in 2 of the 5 p53-positive adenocarcinomas. This indicated that p53 point mutations may play a less crucial part in malignant conversion of adenoma to adenocarcinoma in the stomach than in the colon. No Ki-ras gene mutations at codons 12 and 13 were detected in any lesion. These results suggest that the adenoma-carcinoma sequence in the stomach has a different mechanism from that in the colon.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00196515
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