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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2013 | Volume: 16 | Issue: 21 | Page No.: 1324-1329
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.1324.1329
Role of Adhesion Molecules and Proliferation Hyperplasic, Pre Neoplastic and Neoplastic Lesions in Canine Prostate
M.M.P. Rodrigues, A. Rema, M.F. Gartner and R. Laufer-Amorim

Abstract: E-cadherin and beta-catenin are component of adherens junctions in epithelial cells. Loss of these proteins have been associated with progression of prostatic diseases. We performed immunohistochemistry for E-cadherin, beta-catenin and Ki-67 on canine prostatic lesions. We analyzed the expression of these antibodies in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, n = 22), in pre neoplastic lesions Prostatic Intra-epithelial Neoplasia (PIN), n = 3 and Prostatic Inflammatory Atrophy (PIA), n = 7 and prostate carcinoma (PC, n = 10). In this study, a membranous expression of E-cadherin and beta-catenin and nuclear expression of Ki-67 antigen were demonstrated. The proliferative index was statistically different between carcinomas and BPH and carcinomas and pre-neoplastic lesions. Like in men, the reduction of E-cadherin and increase of Ki-67 expression in neoplastic lesions in dog prostate may be related to the carcinogenic process in this gland.

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M.M.P. Rodrigues, A. Rema, M.F. Gartner and R. Laufer-Amorim, 2013. Role of Adhesion Molecules and Proliferation Hyperplasic, Pre Neoplastic and Neoplastic Lesions in Canine Prostate. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 16: 1324-1329.

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