{"title":"A study on expression of programmed death ligand-1 in small cell lung carcinoma and correlation with clinicopathological parameters.","authors":"Sudha Sudha, Saumya Shukla, Nuzhat Husain, Hemant Kumar, Rahul Kumar Pandey, Surya Kant","doi":"10.5114/pjp.2024.136281","DOIUrl":"10.5114/pjp.2024.136281","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) is characterized by rapid growth and an aggressive clinical course. Standard therapy regimes have limited effects on disease course; therefore the prognosis of SCLC is poor. In the current study, the frequency of programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in SCLC and its correlation with clinico-pathological features were evaluated. The study included 100 cases of SCLC wherein testing for PD-L1 was done with the SP263 clone on the Ventana benchmark XT system. Cases with > 1% PD-L1 expression in tumour cells or immune cells were categorized as positive. PD-L1 expression was identified in 14% of cases using the cut-off of ≥ 1%. The tumour proportion score was 10% and the immune proportion score was 9.78% using a cut-off of ≥ 1%. PD-L1 positive expression was more frequent in the male population with age > 40 years. All the patients with positive PD-L1 expression were smokers. In the PD-L1 positive group, presence of necrosis was identified in 71.4% of cases and when compared with the PD-L1 negative subgroup this finding was statistically significant (p = 0.010). Personalized targeted therapy for cases of SCLC is still under evaluation. The use of immunotherapeutic targets, such as PD-L1, may help to define a new treatment strategy for SCLC. Development of new treatment strategies may improve prognosis and survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":49692,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leukaemia-related protein 16 is highly expressed in oestrogen-dependent endometrial carcinoma and potentially promotes Ishikawa human endometrial cancer cells growth - a histopathological study.","authors":"Qing Zhu, Li-Gao Wu, Zhen-Zhong Feng, Qiang Wu","doi":"10.5114/pjp.2024.139609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2024.139609","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leukaemia-related protein 16 (LRP16) has been found to be highly expressed in various tumours and to be related to poor prognosis. However, the role of LRP16 in endometrial carcinoma remains to be explored. We aimed to investigate the prognosis and role of LRP16 in endometrial carcinoma. Overall, 160 endometrial carcinoma (EC) tissues and 60 benign samples were collected. The expression of LRP16 protein in EC tissues was significantly increased compared with that in normal endometrial tissues, and high LRP16 expression was related to poor patient prognosis. Reduced LRP16 expression markedly inhibited cancer cell growth. The proliferation rates in the prophylactic bilateral salpingectomy (PBS) group and the shNon group were 0.727 ±0.015 and 0.743 ±0.009, respectively, while the proliferation rate in the shLRP16 group was only 0.373 ±0.012. The migration experiment showed that the number of cells passing through the basement membrane in the shLRP16 group was 34.2 ±5.1, which was significantly different to the shNon (161.6 ±7.8) and PBS groups (138.0 ±7.2). The results of the invasion experiment showed that the number of cells was 39.2 ±6.2 in the shLRP16 group, 146.7 ±8.2 in the shNon group, and 141.2 ±8.1 in the PBS group ( p < 0.05). Leukaemia-related protein 16 is highly expressed in oestrogen-dependent EC and may promote cancer cell growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":49692,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142019322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paulina Poter, Sylwia Jankowska-Szabłowska, Tomasz Kolenda, Ewa Dobak, Elżbieta Urasińska, Katarzyna Karpińska-Łukaszewicz
{"title":"Association of PD-1 and PD-L1 protein expression with selected clinical and morphological parameters in colorectal cancers.","authors":"Paulina Poter, Sylwia Jankowska-Szabłowska, Tomasz Kolenda, Ewa Dobak, Elżbieta Urasińska, Katarzyna Karpińska-Łukaszewicz","doi":"10.5114/pjp.2024.139935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2024.139935","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide and the second cause of death from malignant tumors. Colorectal cancers are treated with surgery, chemotherapy, gene therapy and immunotherapy. PD-1 and PD-L1 proteins have recently been considered as potential targets of anticancer therapy in colorectal cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of immunohistochemical expression of PD-1 and PD-L1 proteins in colorectal cancer patients with selected clinical and morphological parameters and their survival. Ninety-eight cases of colorectal cancer were studied. Immunohistochemistry was used to evaluate the expression of PD-1 and PD-L1 proteins. Correlations were found between the expression of PD-L1 protein in lymphocytes and lack of lymph node metastases and a lower clinical stage. There was also a correlation between PD-L1 protein expression in cancer cells and a higher grade of histological malignancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":49692,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142019318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinicopathological characteristics and BRCA1/BRCA2 pathogenic variants of patients with breast cancer.","authors":"Nazan Eras, Ferah Tuncel, Zuhal Altıntas, Sema Erden","doi":"10.5114/pjp.2024.135703","DOIUrl":"10.5114/pjp.2024.135703","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although BRCA genes are well-known breast cancer genes, the clinicopathological features of breast cancer patients carrying BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants have not been adequately defined. The goals of this study were to determine the distribution of BRCA1/2 variants in the Turkish population and its correlation with clinicopathological features. Clinical data of 151 women who underwent BRCA1/2 gene testing at Mersin University Medical Faculty Hospital between 2016 and 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. BRCA1/2 variants were detected as pathogenic (n = 11), variants of uncertain significance (n = 5), likely benign (n = 3), and benign (n = 81) in breast cancer cases. The BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant carriers had a higher histological grade, rate of triple- negative type, Ki-67 proliferation index, and rate of no special type carcinoma than the group without mutation (p = 0.03, 0.01, 0.04, and 0.02 respectively). We analyzed the distribution of variants we detected in women living in our region and found that pathogenic variants in patients with breast cancer were associated with high histological grade, triple-negative type, high Ki-67 proliferation index, and histological type. Studies in diverse populations are needed to establish a clinicopathological relationship with variants more easily.</p>","PeriodicalId":49692,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140917321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CircRNA TUBA1C promotes proliferation and glucose metabolism, and blocks apoptosis of osteosarcoma cells through sponging miR-143-3p.","authors":"Yi-Bing Liu, Wen-Hao Dai, Jun-Jie Chang, Kang Wei","doi":"10.5114/pjp.2024.143231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2024.143231","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Osteosarcoma (OS) is a malignant bone tumour that commonly occurs in paediatric and adolescent patients. Currently, effective therapy for OS remains elusive due to poor patient survival rates. In this study, we observed significantly elevated expressions of circTUBA1C in OS tumours and cells. Silencing circTUBA1C effectively suppressed proliferation and glucose metabolism, and promoted apoptosis of OS cells. Furthermore, we discovered that miR-143-3p played a reverse role to circTUBA1C in OS cells. Bioinformatics analysis, RNA pull-down assay, and luciferase assay demonstrated that circTUBA1C acted as a sponge for miR-143-3p, blocking its expression in OS cells. Finally, rescue experiments showed that inhibition of miR-143-3p in circTUBA1C-silenced OS cells significantly overrode the low-circTUBA1C-mediated miR-143-3p upregulation and OS cell progression in vitro and in vivo . Our results demonstrate the critical roles and molecular targets of circTUBA1C in modulating OS progression, suggesting that circTUBA1C inhibition could serve as a new therapeutic strategy for treating OS.</p>","PeriodicalId":49692,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142511745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expression and clinical significance of KDM5A, KDM5B, and FOXO1 in endometrial cancer.","authors":"Yao Gao, Jun Gao","doi":"10.5114/pjp.2024.139610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2024.139610","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is growing evidence that the KDM5 family of histone demethylases plays a causal role in human cancer. However, few studies have been reported on the KDM5 family in endometrial carcinoma (EC). Moreover, it was found that there was some correlation between the KDM5 family and FOXO1 in EC. The current study was performed to explore the expressions of KDM5A, KDM5B, and FOXO1 in endometrioid adenocarcinoma detected by immunohistochemistry; paracancer endometrium, simple hyperplastic endometrium, and normal endometrium were used as control groups to explore the possible diagnostic value of KDM5A and KDM5B expression in endometrioid adenocarcinoma, with the aim of evaluating the potential of this marker in predicting the prognosis of endometrioid adenocarcinoma.</p>","PeriodicalId":49692,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142019321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sparganosis presenting as a subcutaneous mass of the thigh.","authors":"Chia-Chin Tsai, Keva Joseph, I-Wei Chang","doi":"10.5114/pjp.2024.142205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2024.142205","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49692,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142019326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relationship between mutation carriage of BRCA1/2 and clinicopathological characteristics in women with breast cancer - experience from a diagnostic centre in Turkey.","authors":"Neslihan Duzkale, Onur Can Guler, Suat Kutun, Canan Emiroglu, Serdar Saridemir, Aysun Gokce, Olcay Kandemir, Tugba Taskın Turkmenoglu, Serap Yorubulut, Bahadır Kulah","doi":"10.5114/pjp.2024.142750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2024.142750","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 5-10% of breast cancers (BC) are hereditary, and BRCA1/2 are causative in 25% of those inherited. It was aimed to examine the BRCA1/2 genotype-BC phenotype relationship. In 170 female patients with BC, BRCA1/2 genes were investigated using Next Generation Sequencing. Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of the patients and correlations of pedigree analysis with BRCA1/2 mutation status were analysed. BRCA1/2 carriage was found to be 9.4%. When the patients were grouped as ≤ 40 and > 40 according to the age at diagnosis of BC, the tumour grade was higher in the ≤ 40 groups. In the study, BRCA1/2 carriage and tumour grade were higher in patients with triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC). The risk of TNBC was 5.560 times higher in BRCA1/2 carriers than in non-carriers. There is a significant relationship between BRCA1/2 carrier and BC hormone receptor negativity, tumour grade, and BC diagnosis age.</p>","PeriodicalId":49692,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142511751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michał Bielówka, Jakub Kufel, Marcin Rojek, Dominika Kaczyńska, Łukasz Czogalik, Adam Mitręga, Wiktoria Bartnikowska, Dominika Kondoł, Kacper Palkij, Sylwia Mielcarska
{"title":"An investigative analysis - ChatGPT's capability to excel in the Polish speciality exam in pathology.","authors":"Michał Bielówka, Jakub Kufel, Marcin Rojek, Dominika Kaczyńska, Łukasz Czogalik, Adam Mitręga, Wiktoria Bartnikowska, Dominika Kondoł, Kacper Palkij, Sylwia Mielcarska","doi":"10.5114/pjp.2024.143091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2024.143091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study evaluates the effectiveness of the ChatGPT-3.5 language model in providing correct answers to pathomorphology questions as required by the State Speciality Examination (PES). Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine is generating increasing interest, but its potential needs thorough evaluation. A set of 119 exam questions by type and subtype were used, which were posed to the ChatGPT-3.5 model. Performance was analysed with regard to the success rate in different question categories and subtypes. ChatGPT-3.5 achieved a performance of 45.38%, which is significantly below the minimum PES pass threshold. The results achieved varied by question type and subtype, with better results in questions requiring \"comprehension and critical thinking\" than \"memory\". The analysis shows that, although ChatGPT-3.5 can be a useful teaching tool, its performance in providing correct answers to pathomorphology questions is significantly lower than that of human respondents. This conclusion highlights the need to further improve the AI model, taking into account the specificities of the medical field. Artificial intelligence can be helpful, but it cannot fully replace the experience and knowledge of specialists.</p>","PeriodicalId":49692,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142511742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yang Yang, Yuezhi Zhang, Yanmei Fu, Shuanglian Li, Xiaolong Yin
{"title":"ANRIL regulates retinoblastoma progression via targeting autophagy by miR-328-3p/TSC1/ULK signaling.","authors":"Yang Yang, Yuezhi Zhang, Yanmei Fu, Shuanglian Li, Xiaolong Yin","doi":"10.5114/pjp.2024.142177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2024.142177","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy of childhood. The aim of our study was to investigate the role and regulatory mechanism of the long non-coding RNA ANRIL in retinoblastoma. Here, our data demonstrated that ANRIL overexpression inhibited miR-328-3p expression, but promoted expression of autophagy-related proteins (LC3B, ATG5, and BECN1). Then we predicted the binding sites for ANRIL with miR-328-3p, and for miR-328 3p with TSC1/ULK2 3'-UTR, and confirmed the combination of miR-328-3p and ANRIL and TSC1/ULK2 3'-UTR. Importantly, the data showed that ANRIL overexpression promoted TSC1 and ULK2 expression, and inhibited the phosphorylation of mTOR. Finally, our results indicated that ANRIL overexpression facilitated Y79 cell proliferation and cisplatin-induced apoptosis. Our results indicated that ANRIL promoted the proliferation and cisplatin resistance of Y79 cells through activating autophagy by promoting TSC1/ULK2 ex- pression via acting as a miR-328-3p sponge.</p>","PeriodicalId":49692,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142511743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}