Aberrant Helix Pomatia Agglutinin Binding Glycan Expression Changes With the Phenotype of Follicular Thyroid Tumours
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 37
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Positivity of HPA-labelling
研究概览
简要总结
Aberration of glycosylation is a hallmark of cancer cells, and plays an important role in oncogenesis and cancer progression, including metastasis. One of the markers of aberrant glycosylation (O-linked) is the binding of the lectin Helix pomatia agglutinin (HPA), which has been demonstrated in a wide range of human cancers, especially in tumours with a more aggressive phenotype. Data on the role of HPA within follicular neoplasms of the thyroid gland are currently lacking, therefore we sought to investigate possible changes in cell surface glycosylation associated with this type of neoplasms.
详细描述
Lectin-histochemistry was performed on 37 archival paraffin wax-embedded specimens of various follicular thyroid tumours (10 follicular adenomas (FA), 10 minimally invasive follicular carcinomas (miFTC), 13 widely invasive follicular cancers (wiFTC) and 4 metastatic follicular thyroid cancers (metFTC)). Sections were scored as positive when ≥5% of cancer cells labelled positive, and scored as negative when <5% labelled positive for HPA binding. Assessments of HPA-binding were performed by two observers, who were blinded to the identity of the sample, and their results were compared.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •For this retrospective cohort study, 37 patients who underwent thyroid surgery for a thyroid follicular neoplasm between 2005 and 2018 were identified from our institutional database and their tumours, characteristics and outcomes were analysed.
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Positivity of HPA-labelling
时间窗: between 2005 and 2018
Difference in HPA-binding among the phenotype of follicular lesions - percentage of positively labelled cancer cells: positive = ≥5% of cancer cells labelled positive
次要结局
- HPA-binding and other tumor markers(between 2005 and 2018)
研究者
Rajeev Parameswaran
Asst. Prof. Rajeev Parameswaran FRCSI MPhil FRCS FAMS
National University Health System, Singapore
