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- Title
Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor-2 Expression in Thyroid Tumor Progression: Potential Diagnostic Application.
- Authors
Redler, Adriano; Di Rocco, Giorgio; Giannotti, Domenico; Frezzotti, Francesca; Bernieri, Maria Giulia; Ceccarelli, Simona; D’Amici, Sirio; Vescarelli, Enrica; Mitterhofer, Anna Paola; Angeloni, Antonio; Marchese, Cinzia
- Abstract
Fibroblast growth factor receptor-2 (FGFR-2) plays an important role in tumorigenesis. In thyroid cancer it has been observed a FGFR-2 down-modulation, but the role of this receptor has not been yet clarified. Therefore, we decided to examine the expression of both FGFR-2 isoform, FGFR-2-IIIb and FGFR-2-IIIc, in different histological thyroid variants such as hyperplasia, follicular adenoma and papillary carcinoma. Immunohistochemistry and quantitative Real-Time PCR analyses were performed on samples of hyperplasia, follicular adenoma and papillary carcinoma, compared with normal thyroid tissue. Thyroid hyperplasia did not show statistically significant reduction in FGFR-2 protein and mRNA levels. Interestingly, in both follicular adenoma and papillary carcinoma samples we observed a strongly reduced expression of both FGFR-2 isoforms. We speculate that FGFR-2 down-modulation might be an early event in thyroid carcinogenesis. Furthermore, we suggest the potential use of FGFR-2 as an early marker for thyroid cancer diagnosis.
- Subjects
FIBROBLAST growth factor receptors; CANCER invasiveness; THYROID cancer diagnosis; NEOPLASTIC cell transformation; GENE expression; HYPERPLASIA; QUANTITATIVE research; POLYMERASE chain reaction
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0072224