Publication: Relationship between non-TRU lung adenocarcinomas and bronchiolar metaplasia - potential implication in their histogenesis -
Authors
Okudela, Koji ; Kojima, Yoko ; Matsumura, Mai ; Arai, Hiromasa ; Umeda, Shigeaki ; Tateishi, Yoko ; Mitsui, Hideaki ; Suzuki, Takehisa ; Tajiri, Michihiko ; Ogura, Takashi ; Ohashi, Kenichi
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Publisher
Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología
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DOI
DOI: 10.14670/HH-11-935
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Description
Abstract
Lung adenocarcinomas (ADCs) have been
roughly divided into two groups: the terminal respiratory
unit (TRU) type and non-TRU type. These ADCs appear
to develop through exclusive carcinogenetic pathways
because of differences in their cellular morphologies and
the profiles of protein expression and genetic alterations.
The TRU type develops from atypical adenomatous
hyperplasia as a precursor. On the other hand, the
histogenesis of the non-TRU type has not yet been
defined in detail. We herein investigated histopathological changes in the non-tumor lung tissues of
patients with non-TRU-type ADCs in order to define
their potential histogenesis. The non-TRU type
preferentially occurs in patients with interstitial
pneumonia, in whom tumors are located in honeycomb
lesions and are associated with bronchiolar metaplasia
(BM). Among patients without interstitial pneumonia,
non-tumor lung tissues from non-TRU-type ADCs were
often affected by multiple BM. In these cases, tumors
often were associated with BM. Metaplastic cells
adjacent to non-TRU-type ADCs ectopically expressed
HNF-4α, a marker for non-TRU-type ADCs. These
results suggest that the non-TRU type develops through
distinct histogenesis, in which BM is implicated.
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Citation
Histology and Histopathology, Vol.33, nº3, (2018)
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