Immunohistochemical expression of E-Cadherin in gastric carcinoma in Erbil city, Kurdistan Region

Background and objectives: Gastric carcinoma is at fourth position incidence-wise and holds a second place for deaths due to cancer. The Cadherins represent an important class of the adhesiveness molecules, which play an essential role in the homotypical cell-cell adhesion and in the complex proces...

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Main Authors: Ara Azad Mustafa, Jalal Ali Jalal
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Published: Kurdistan Higher Council Of Medical Specialties 2022-07-01
Series:Advanced Medical Journal
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Online Access:https://amj.khcms.edu.krd/index.php/main/article/view/41
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description Background and objectives: Gastric carcinoma is at fourth position incidence-wise and holds a second place for deaths due to cancer. The Cadherins represent an important class of the adhesiveness molecules, which play an essential role in the homotypical cell-cell adhesion and in the complex process of invasion and metastasis. The point of this study is to identify the rate of the E-Cadherin immunoexpression in gastric carcinoma in Erbil locality and investigate its association with the clinico-pathological parameters. Methods: A retrospective study was carried out in Rizgary teaching hospital and private laboratories in Erbil city for the period from Jan.2018 - Jan.2020. A total of 75 formalin fixed, paraffin embedded archival tissue blocks of total or partial gastrectomy samples for gastric carcinoma cases were collected, then E-cadherin immunohistochemistry was tested. Results: Twenty-one cases (28%) were categorized as high expression for E-Cadherin immunoexpression. At the same time 38 (50.7%) of the cases were classified as low expression and 16 (21.3%) of cases were labelled with no expression. E-Cadherin status was significantly associated with the tumor type and tumor grade, in which high E-Cadherin expression about (61.9%) was demonstrated in intestinal type tumors, (38.1%) in diffuse type tumors and about (57.1%) was performed in well-moderately differentiated tumors and (42.9%) in poorly differentiated tumors. While no significant association was found between E-Cadherin expression and other clinico-pathological parameters. Conclusions: Our result support the hypothesis that the E-Cadherin immunostain is commonly expressed  in Gastric  cancer, and it was significantly related with type and grade of the tumor.
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spelling doaj-art-e8fb005a438847e688dc37ee9c7a7b722025-08-20T02:11:47ZengKurdistan Higher Council Of Medical SpecialtiesAdvanced Medical Journal2958-89792957-35802022-07-017110.56056/amj.2022.15641Immunohistochemical expression of E-Cadherin in gastric carcinoma in Erbil city, Kurdistan RegionAra Azad MustafaJalal Ali Jalal Background and objectives: Gastric carcinoma is at fourth position incidence-wise and holds a second place for deaths due to cancer. The Cadherins represent an important class of the adhesiveness molecules, which play an essential role in the homotypical cell-cell adhesion and in the complex process of invasion and metastasis. The point of this study is to identify the rate of the E-Cadherin immunoexpression in gastric carcinoma in Erbil locality and investigate its association with the clinico-pathological parameters. Methods: A retrospective study was carried out in Rizgary teaching hospital and private laboratories in Erbil city for the period from Jan.2018 - Jan.2020. A total of 75 formalin fixed, paraffin embedded archival tissue blocks of total or partial gastrectomy samples for gastric carcinoma cases were collected, then E-cadherin immunohistochemistry was tested. Results: Twenty-one cases (28%) were categorized as high expression for E-Cadherin immunoexpression. At the same time 38 (50.7%) of the cases were classified as low expression and 16 (21.3%) of cases were labelled with no expression. E-Cadherin status was significantly associated with the tumor type and tumor grade, in which high E-Cadherin expression about (61.9%) was demonstrated in intestinal type tumors, (38.1%) in diffuse type tumors and about (57.1%) was performed in well-moderately differentiated tumors and (42.9%) in poorly differentiated tumors. While no significant association was found between E-Cadherin expression and other clinico-pathological parameters. Conclusions: Our result support the hypothesis that the E-Cadherin immunostain is commonly expressed  in Gastric  cancer, and it was significantly related with type and grade of the tumor. https://amj.khcms.edu.krd/index.php/main/article/view/41Gastric carcinomaE-CadherinImmunoexpression
spellingShingle Ara Azad Mustafa
Jalal Ali Jalal
Immunohistochemical expression of E-Cadherin in gastric carcinoma in Erbil city, Kurdistan Region
Advanced Medical Journal
Gastric carcinoma
E-Cadherin
Immunoexpression
title Immunohistochemical expression of E-Cadherin in gastric carcinoma in Erbil city, Kurdistan Region
title_full Immunohistochemical expression of E-Cadherin in gastric carcinoma in Erbil city, Kurdistan Region
title_fullStr Immunohistochemical expression of E-Cadherin in gastric carcinoma in Erbil city, Kurdistan Region
title_full_unstemmed Immunohistochemical expression of E-Cadherin in gastric carcinoma in Erbil city, Kurdistan Region
title_short Immunohistochemical expression of E-Cadherin in gastric carcinoma in Erbil city, Kurdistan Region
title_sort immunohistochemical expression of e cadherin in gastric carcinoma in erbil city kurdistan region
topic Gastric carcinoma
E-Cadherin
Immunoexpression
url https://amj.khcms.edu.krd/index.php/main/article/view/41
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