The molecular phenotypic heterogeneity of mast cells (MCs) makes them attractive as potential therapeutic targets in anti-cancer adjuvant therapy. Mast cell aggregations observed in tumors suggested their involvement in tumor pathogenesis. Despite several studies using mast cell tryptase, MCs' involvement in the progression of prostate tumors has not been demonstrated. The aim of our study was ...

We assessed the diagnostic usefulness of adding anti-CD117 to our existing flow cytometric profile in the analysis of 150 consecutive cases of acute leukemia (de novo or relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia [AML], AML arising in myelodysplastic syndrome, blast crisis of chronic myelogenous leukemia [CML], acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute unclassifiable leukemia, and biphenotypic leukemia). CD...

AIMS to determine whether potential correlations between CD117 and PDGFRA might serve as an indication for targeted therapies. MATERIAL AND METHODS immunohistochemical expression of CD117 and PDGFRA was evaluated in 99 paraffin-embedded GISTs in conjunction with KIT and PDGFRA mutational status. RESULTS CD117-positive staining was noted in 93 out of 99 cases. The predominant staining patter...

PURPOSE Cancer stem cells have recently been identified as a key driving factor for tumor metastasis and chemoresistance. CD117 is a well-established cancer stem cell marker, but its clinical significance in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) remains controversial. Therefore, we aimed to identify correlations between CD117 expression and clinical features and outcomes in EOC patients in this meta-...

BACKGROUND The immunohistochemical hallmarks of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are positivity for CD117 (c-kit) and CD34; however, CD117 is not specific for GISTs, and the list of CD117+ tumors/tissues is increasing. Also, MDM2 is known to be amplified in several types of mesenchymal tumors, including liposarcoma. METHODS We report a spindle cell sarcoma arising in the mediastinum th...

OBJECTIVE To discuss the significance of DOG1, CD117 and PDGFRA in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), and analyze their correlations with clinicopathological features and risk ranking. METHOD DOG1, CD117 and PDGFRA were detected with IHC Envision ldpe-g-nvp in 63 GISTs and 43 cases of non-GISTs, and analyzed for relations with clinicopathological factors (gender, age, l...