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  • Title: Amphiregulin and epidermal growth factor receptor expression in human malignant fibrous histiocytoma of soft tissues.
    Author: Yamamoto T, Fujita I, Akisue T, Marui T, Nakatani T, Kawamoto T, Hitora T, Nagira K, Matsumoto K, Kurosaka M.
    Journal: Anticancer Res; 2004; 24(2C):1307-10. PubMed ID: 15154665.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Amphiregulin is a member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) system and a potent mitogen for various epithelial tissues. Little information, however, is currently available on the amphiregulin and EGF receptor (EGF-R) expression in mesenchymal malignancies of a fibrohistiocytic origin including malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We investigated the amphiregulin and EGF-R expression in 43 human MFH tissues using immunohistochemical techniques. Furthermore, the correlation of the ligand and the receptor expression with tumor proliferative activity assessed by MIB-1 indices was analyzed. RESULTS: Positive immunoreactivity for amphiregulin and EGF-R was identified in 34 (79%) and 36 (84%) of the 43 MFH cases analyzed, respectively. Coexpression of amphiregulin and EGF-R was observed in 30 (70%) of the 43 MFHs analyzed. There were no significant differences in MIB-1 indices between both the amphiregulin and EGF-R-positive MFHs and the remaining MFHs. CONCLUSION: These results show that amphiregulin is expressed not only by epithelial tumor cells but also by MFH cells. Our data provide evidence indicating the presence of an autocrine mechanism of proliferation control involving the amphiregulin/EGF-R signaling system in human MFHs.
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