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IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ASSAYS FOR THE EXPRESSION OF EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR-SIGNALING PROTEINS IN ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMAS OF HUMAN SALIVARY GLANDS  

Park, Young-Wook (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Kangnung National University)
Kim, Jung-Hwan (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Kangnung National University)
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Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery / v.28, no.6, 2006 , pp. 499-510 More about this Journal
Abstract
Malignant tumors of the human salivary glands may arise from major or minor salivary glands. Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is the second most common malignant neoplasm in the salivary glands. ACC is occasionally highly aggressive tumor that readily invades adjacent tissues and metastasize to distant organs at early stages of the disease. Although ACC tends to grow slowly, treatment outcome may be poor due to wide local infiltration, perineural or intraneural spread and a propensity for hematogenous metastasis. Therefore, knowledge of cellular and molecular characteristics that influence the growth, survival and metastasis of tumor cells, is important for new treatment strategies of salivary ACC. I determined expressions of epiderma growth factor (EGF)-signaling molecules using surgical specimens of human ACCs. Protein expressions of EGF, transforming growth $factor(TGF)-{\alpha}$, EGF receptor (EGFR), phosphorylated EGFR (pEGFR), and human EGF receptor (HER)-2 were assessed in 18 cases of salivary ACC by immunohistochemical staining. Adjacent normal salivary tissues and mucosal tissues, uninvolved by the malignant tumor, served as internal controls. Most of the tumors, especially ACC with a tubulocribriform pattern, were positive for EGF signaling molecules. The overall percentages of the 18 specimens expressing EGF, $TGF-{\alpha}$, EGFR, pEGFR, and HER2 were 50, 89, 61, 61 and 83% respectively. Moreover, tumor-associated endothelial cells and infiltrating immune-related cells in the stroma of ACC, also expressed these biomarkers. Taken together, EGF-signaling molecules are actively expressed in salivary ACC. Therefore, we suggest that these biomarkers can be molecular targets for new treatment strategies of salivary tumors.
Keywords
Salivary gland; Adenoid cystic carcinoma; EGF-signaling molecule; Molecular target;
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