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Immunohistochemical studies on expression of human vascular smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms in normal mammary glands, benign mammary disorders and mammary carcinomas.

The expression of myosin in normal and diseased mammary glands of 199 Japanese women was evaluated immunohistochemically by the avidin-biotin peroxidase complex method using antibodies to three human smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms derived from the vascular smooth muscle: myosin SM1 is expressed consistently from fetal stage to adulthood, myosin SM2 appears only in well-differentiated smooth muscle after birth, and myosin SMemb is more abundant in embryonic aortas. SM1 was expressed in myoepithelial cells of normal mammary glands and fibrocystic diseases and in myoepithelial-like tumor cells in the basal layer of fibroadenomas and phyllodes tumors. SM2 was expressed only in the myoepithelial cells of mammary glands in breastfeeding women. SMemb was expressed more intensely in the cytoplasm of luminal epithelial cells in larger fibroadenomas (P< 0.01), or in the cytoplasm of carcinoma cells in invasive ductal carcinomas with metastasized lymph nodes (P< 0.001) and in those of higher histological grade (P<0.0001). Multivariate logistic analysis showed a significant correlation only between the expression of SMemb and histological grade (P< 0.0001), which is a prognostic factor of mammary carcinomas. These findings suggested the possible prognostic value of SMemb.[1]

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  1. Immunohistochemical studies on expression of human vascular smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms in normal mammary glands, benign mammary disorders and mammary carcinomas. Ohyabu, I., Takasaki, T., Akiba, S., Nomura, S., Enokizono, N., Sagara, Y., Hiroi, J., Nagai, R., Yoshida, H. Pathol. Int. (1998)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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