Immunolocalisation of E-cadherin and β-catenin in human pterygium

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1209-1212

  Kase, Satoru ^a,b   Osaki, Mitsuhiko ^c   Sato, Izuru ^a,b   Takahashi, Shuji ^a   Nakanishi, Katsuya ^a   Yoshida, Kazuhiko ^b   Ito, Hisao ^c   Ohno, Shigeaki ^b  

^a Sapporo Social Insurance General Hospital   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PTERYGIUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PTERYGIUM;

EID: 34548297194     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.115709     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Kaufman H, Barron B, McDonald M, et al. The cornea, Churchill Livingstone, 1988.
2. Solomon A, Grueterich M, Li DQ, et al. Overexpression of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-2 in pterygium body fibroblasts. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2003;44:573-80.
3. Dushku N, John MK, Schultz GS, et al. Pterygia pathogenesis: corneal invasion by matrix metalloproteinase expressing altered limbal epithelial basal cells. Arch Ophthalmol 2001;119:695-706.
4. Kase S, Takahashi S, Sato I, et al. Expression of p27(KIP1) and cyclin D1, and cell proliferation in human pterygium. Br J Ophthalmol 2007;91:958-61.
5. Chan CM, Liu YP, Tan DT. Ocular surface changes in pterygium. Cornea 2002;21:38-42.
6. Kase S, Kitaichi N, Furudate N, et al. Increased expression of mucinous glycoprotein KL-6 in human pterygium. Br J Ophthalmol 2006;90:1208-9.
7. Harrington KJ, Syrigos KN. The role of E-cadherin-catenin complex: more than an intercellular glue? Ann Surg Oncol 2000;7:783-8.
8. Takeichi M. The cadherins: cell-cell adhesion molecules controlling animal morphogenesis. Development 1988;102:639-55.
9. Bullions LC, Levine AJ. The role of beta-catenin in cell adhesion, signal transduction, and cancer. Curr Opin Oncol 1998;10:81-7.
10. John-Aryankalayil M, Dushku N, Jaworski CJ, et al. Microarray and protein analysis of human pterygium. Mol Vis 2006;12:55-64.
11. Gordon MD, Nusse R. Wnt signaling: multiple pathways, multiple receptors, and multiple transcription factors. J Biol Chem 2006;281:22429-33.
12. Koenig A, Mueller C, Hasel C, et al. Collagen type I induces disruption of E-cadherin-mediated cell-cell contacts and promotes proliferation of pancreatic carcinoma cells. Cancer Res 2006;66:4662-71.
13. Li TF, Chen D, Wu Q, et al. Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates cyclin D1 expression through activation of beta-catenin signaling in chondrocytes. J Biol Chem 2006;281:21296-304.
14. Kria L, Ohira A, Amemiya T. Immunohistochemical localization of basic fibroblast growth factor, platelet derived growth factor, transforming growth factor-beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the pterygium. Acta Histochem 1996;98:195-201.
15. Kohno N, Kyoizumi S, Tanabe M, et al. Detection of a circulating tumor-associated antigen with a murine monoclonal antibody, LISA 101, selected by reversed indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Cancer Res 1989;49:3412-19.
16. Leroy X, Aubert S, Ballereau C, et al. Diffuse expression of MUC 1 in metastases of renal clear cell carcinoma as a possible therapeutic target for renal cancer. Histopathology 2005;47:435-6.