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Query: EC:5.99.1.2 (
topoisomerase
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The histopathologic distinction of cervical adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) and invasive adenocarcinoma (AC) from some benign endocervical lesions can be challenging. The ProEx C antibody reagent targets nuclear proteins (minichromosome maintenance protein 2, MCM2 and
topoisomerase
II-alpha, TOP2A), which are over expressed during the aberrant S-phase induction of HPV infected and neoplastic cells. In this immunohistochemical study the utility of the ProEx C reagent in distinguishing AIS and AC from a variety of non-neoplastic glandular lesions was examined. ProEx C immunohistochemical staining was performed on sections from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue of 65 cervical tissues including 48 non-neoplastic cervices (normal [n=10], microglandular hyperplasia [n=10], tubal metaplasia [n=11], cervical
endometriosis
[n=7], reactive endocervix [n=10]) and 17 cervices with glandular malignancy (AIS [n=12] and AC [n=5]). Both intensity and prevalence of immunoreactivity was scored. The median and distribution of scores for both prevalence and intensity was compared for AIS versus each of the 5 benign cervical lesions using a Mann-Whitney U test. The median and distribution of prevalence of immunohistochemical staining for AIS was different from all benign mimics, but the intensity of staining for AIS did overlap with some mimics as it was not significantly different from
endometriosis
, microglandular hyperplasia, and reactive endocervix. ProEx C reagent has potential as an adjunctive testing tool in the histopathologic diagnosis of both AIS and AC, particularly in difficult cases with small biopsies or foci of disease.
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PMID:A pilot evaluation of a novel immunohistochemical assay for topoisomerase II-alpha and minichromosome maintenance protein 2 expression (ProEx C) in cervical adenocarcinoma in situ, adenocarcinoma, and benign glandular mimics. 1918 25
