Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine

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Investigation of the Roles of Cyclooxygenase-2 and Galectin-3 Expression in the Pathogenesis of Premenopausal Endometrial Polyps: Esin Kasap, Serap Karaarslan, Esra Bahar Gur, Mine Genc, Nur Sahin, Serkan Güclü; J Pathol Transl Med. 2016;50(3):225-230. Published online April 16, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2016.03.08

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Background
The pathogenesis and etiology of endometrial polyps has not been elucidated. In this study, we aimed to examine the pathogenic mechanisms of endometrial polyp development using immunohistochemistry. We evaluated the expression of galectin-3 and cyclooxgenase-2 (COX-2) during the menstrual cycle in premenopausal women with endometrial polyps or normal endometrium.
Methods
Thirty-one patients with endometrial polyps and 50 healthy control patients were included in this study. The levels of expression of COX-2 and galectin-3 were studied by immunohistochemistry.
Results
The percentage of COX-2–positive cells and the intensity of COX-2 staining in the endometrium did not vary during the menstrual cycle either in the control group or in patients with endometrial polyps. However, expression of galectin-3 was significantly lower in endometrial polyps and during the proliferative phase of the endometrium compared with the secretory phase.
Conclusions
Our data suggests that the pathogenesis of endometrial polyps does not involve expression of COX-2 or galectin-3.

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Parafibromin Staining Characteristics in Urothelial Carcinomas and Relationship with Prognostic Parameters: Serap Karaarslan, Banu Yaman, Hakan Ozturk, Banu Sarsik Kumbaraci; J Pathol Transl Med. 2015;49(5):389-395. Published online September 15, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2015.08.10

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Background
Parafibromin is a recently defined tumor suppressor gene. The aim of our study was to determine the relationships of parafibromin expression in urothelial carcinomas (UCs) with prognostic parameters and to evaluate the use of parafibromin as a potential marker of UC. Methods: Parafibromin expression was assessed in 49 UC specimens using immunohistochemistry. The correlations between parafibromin expression and clinical and pathologic parameters were investigated. Results: Of the patients, 42 (85.7%) were male, and the mean age was 69.6 ± 8.2 years (range, 54 to 88 years). Morphologically, the UCs were divided into two groups: papillary (n = 27) and non-papillary (n = 22). There were seven low-grade (14.3%) and 42 high-grade (85.7%) tumors. Parafibromin was negative in 13 tumors (26.5%), partially positive in 19 tumors (38.8%), and positive in 17 tumors (34.7%). Parafibromin expression was more negative in UCs from upper urinary locations (n=17) and with muscularis propria invasion (n=28), which was statistically significant (p = .009 and p = .007, respectively). There was no statistically significant relationship between parafibromin expression and gender, age, tumor grade, survival, or disease-free survival. Conclusions: We found that UC cases with parafibromin positivity had less of a tendency to show muscularis propria invasion and were more commonly located in the lower urinary system. These results need to be confirmed with studies based on larger case series.

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Sclerosing Extramedullary Hematopoietic Tumor Mimicking Intra-abdominal Sarcoma: Serap Karaarslan, Nalan Nese, Guray Oncel, Nazan Ozsan, Taner Akalin, Hasan Kaplan, Filiz Buyukkececi, Mine Hekimgil; J Pathol Transl Med. 2015;49(4):335-338. Published online June 15, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2015.04.22

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