Novel Use for DOG1 in Discriminating Breast Invasive Carcinoma from Noninvasive Breast Lesions.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

DOG1 has proven to be a useful marker of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Recently, DOG1 expression has also been reported in some non-GIST malignant tumors, but the details related to DOG1 expression in breast tissue remain unclear. The aim of this study was to detect the expression of DOG1 in the human breast and to evaluate the feasibility of using DOG1 to discriminate between invasive breast carcinoma and noninvasive breast lesions.

Methods and results

A total of 210 cases, including both invasive and noninvasive breast lesions, were collected to assess DOG1 expression immunohistochemically. DOG1 expression was consistently positive in breast myoepithelial cells (MECs), which was similar to the results obtained for three other MEC markers: calponin, smooth m

SUBMITTER: Cheng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4793094 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature