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  • Title: Expression of bcl-2, p53 and Ki-67 in arsenical skin cancers.
    Author: Chang CH, Tsai RK, Chen GS, Yu HS, Chai CY.
    Journal: J Cutan Pathol; 1998 Oct; 25(9):457-62. PubMed ID: 9821074.
    Abstract:
    To investigate the regulation of apoptosis and proliferation in arsenic-induced skin cancers, we examined the expression of bcl-2, p53, and Ki-67 using immunohistochemical staining. Thirty patients with Bowen's disease (BD), ten with basal cell carcinoma (BCC), eight with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and eleven of perilesional normal skin (PLN) of the non-sun exposure sites from endemic area were examined. The results showed that: 1) bcl-2 was expressed in all of the BCC homogeneously, in none of the SCC, and in 12/30 of the BD focally or homogeneously; 2) p53 was expressed in all of the arsenical skin cancers with a labelling index of 75 +/- 14% of BD, 50 +/- 17% of BCC, 61 +/- 15% of SCC, and also in all of the perilesional normal skin with a labelling index of 55 +/- 24%; 3) Ki-67 was expressed in all of the skin cancers with labelling index of 58 +/- 17% of BD, 12 +/- 7% of BCC, 47 +/- 21% of SCC, and in 9/11 of PLN with a labelling index of 41 +/- 24%. Expression of bcl-2 in BCC or BD is related to the phenotype of germinative basal cell. The constant expression of bcl-2 i early dysplastic cells of BD and the earliest expression of P53 in the basal cells of perilesional normal skin indicate that the initial step of arsenic-induced carcinogenesis is from the basal germinative cells. There is no mutual relationship between bcl-2, p53 or Ki-67 expression in any type of the arsenical skin cancers, but there is a positive correlation between p53 and Ki-67 expression identified in perilesional normal skin. BD had the highest labelling index of p53 and Ki-67.
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