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ENDOCRINE PATHOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 2, Pages 301-308Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-020-09649-8
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ODF1; Neuroendocrine neoplasms; Gastrointestinal tract; Immunohistochemistry
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ODF1 showed a high positive expression rate in gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors, especially in NETs, while exhibiting lower staining rates in NECs. ODF1 may serve as a novel marker for NENs, potentially playing an important role in disease diagnosis and classification. Further research is needed to explore the expression mechanism and clinical significance of ODF1 in NENs.
Gastrointestinal tract neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are a group of rare heterogeneous tumors with different prognoses. The 2019 WHO classification of digestive system tumors defines the classification of NENs as neuroendocrine tumors (NETs G1-G3) and neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs). We investigated outer dense fiber of sperm tails 1 (ODF1) expression in 137 gastrointestinal tract NENs including 53 NETs G1, 29 NETs G2, 3 NETs G3, and 52 NECs. Twenty adenocarcinomas and 6 squamous cell carcinomas also were included in the study. The results showed that ODF1 was positive in 83 of 85 (97.6%) primary gastrointestinal tract NETs, including 9 of 10 (90%) gastric, 19 of 19 (100%) small bowel, 10 of 11 (90.9%) colorectal, and 45 of 45 (100%) appendiceal neoplasms. There was a significantly statistical difference in the rates of ODF1 positivity in NETs (83/85, 97.6%) vs NECs (25/52, 48.1%,P < 0.001). ODF1 showed diffuse staining in NETs G1 (53/53, 100%) and NETs G2 (28/29, 96.6%), > 50% staining in NETs G3 (2/3, 66.7%), and focal staining (< 50%) in NECs (23/52, 44.2%) but 2 cases (2/52) showed > 50% staining. ODF1 showed no expression in all 20 adenocarcinomas and 6 squamous cell carcinomas. In conclusion, ODF1 was firstly identified as a novel marker for NENs, especially for NETs in the gastrointestinal tract. The expression mechanism and clinical significance of ODF1 in NENs needed further study.
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