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Expression of Stromelysin 3 in the Stromal Elements of Human Basal Cell Carcinoma.

Diagn. Mol. Pathol. 1, 200-205 (1992)
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In basal cell carcinoma, release of proteolytic activity is implicated in extracellular matrix degradation and tumor infiltration. The stromelysin metalloproteinase family is a major candidate for the matrix proteolytic activity in infiltrative tumors. However, in murine models of basal cell carcinoma, neither stromelysin 1 nor 2 appears to play a role in tumor infiltration. We have analyzed the expression of the newly described stromelysin 3 in human basal cell carcinoma using Northern blot analysis and in situ hybridization. In 12 of 14 cases, levels of stromelysin 3 expression were more than tenfold above those observed in normal skin. In one of five cases of squamous cell carcinoma, stromelysin 3 expression was tenfold above levels seen in normal skin. Stromelysin 3 expression was either undetectable or extremely weak in all five cases of infiltrative malignant melanoma. In basal cell carcinoma, stromelysin 3 transcripts were localized by in situ hybridization to the stromal tissue immediately adjacent to basal cell carcinoma, the tumor cells themselves being negative. Therefore, expression of stromelysin 3 in stromal cells may be expected to play a significant role in destruction of the basal membrane zone and extracellular matrix in basal cell carcinoma invasion.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
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ISSN (print) / ISBN 1052-9551
e-ISSN 1533-4066
Quellenangaben Band: 1, Heft: 3, Seiten: 200-205 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed