Satya Das, Chanjuan Shi, Tatsuki Koyama, Yi Huang, Raul Gonzalez, Kamran Idrees, Christina Edwards Bailey, Jordan Berlin
{"title":"Peritoneal Carcinomatosis in Well-Differentiated Small-Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors with Mesenteric Tumor Deposits.","authors":"Satya Das, Chanjuan Shi, Tatsuki Koyama, Yi Huang, Raul Gonzalez, Kamran Idrees, Christina Edwards Bailey, Jordan Berlin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Well-differentiated small-intestinal neuroendocrine tumors (SI-NETs) tend to be biologically indolent. Despite this tendency, they have a predilection for metastasis. Peritoneal involvement is quite common as is unfortunately peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). PC is a dreaded metastatic complication due to the significant morbidity it creates for patients as well as well as increasing their mortality risk. The risk factors for PC development in SI-NETs remain understudied; however, one such factor may be the presence of mesenteric tumor deposits (MTDs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed a retrospective analysis on 208 well-differentiated SI-NET patient samples, the majority with mesenteric masses, from the pathology archives of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. We sought to explore whether MTD presence was associated with PC, what other patient determinants were associated with PC and prognostic implication of these determinants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients with MTDs had an OR of 3.9 (CI 1.6, 10.9) for PC compared to patients without MTDs in the analysis. Patients who developed PC fared more poorly than those who did not (p=0.044).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our analysis, to the best of our knowledge, is the first to demonstrate an association between MTD presence and PC in this patient subgroup. We believe this finding warrants prospective evaluation given the possible therapeutic implications of being able to stratify SI-NET patients by their risk for developing PC based upon MTD presence.</p>","PeriodicalId":73814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medical & surgical pathology","volume":"4 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7175957/pdf/nihms-1025300.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37862981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohamed A Zayed, Scott D Harring, Dana R Abendschein, Chandu Vemuri, Dongsi Lu, Lisa Detering, Yongjian Liu, Pamela K Woodard
{"title":"Natriuretic Peptide Receptor-C is Up-Regulated in the Intima of Advanced Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis.","authors":"Mohamed A Zayed, Scott D Harring, Dana R Abendschein, Chandu Vemuri, Dongsi Lu, Lisa Detering, Yongjian Liu, Pamela K Woodard","doi":"10.4172/2472-4971.1000131","DOIUrl":"10.4172/2472-4971.1000131","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Natriuretic peptide receptor-C (NPR-C/NPR-3) is a cell surface protein involved in vascular remodelling that is up-regulated in atherosclerosis. NPR-C expression has not been well characterized in human carotid artery occlusive lesions. We hypothesized that NPR-C expression correlates with intimal features of vulnerable atherosclerotic carotid artery plaque.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To test this hypothesis, we evaluated NPR-C expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in carotid endarterectomy (CEA) specimens isolated from 18 patients. The grade, location, and co-localization of NPR-C in CEA specimens were evaluated using two tissue analysis techniques.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Relative to minimally diseased CEA specimens, we observed avid NPR-C tissue staining in the intima of maximally diseased CEA specimens (65%; p=0.06). Specifically, maximally diseased CEA specimens demonstrated increased NPR-C expression in the superficial intima (61%, p=0.17), and deep intima (138% increase; p=0.05). In the superficial intima, NPR-C expression significantly co-localized with vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and macrophages. The intensity of NPR-C expression was also higher in the superficial intima plaque shoulder and cap regions, and significantly correlated with atheroma and fibroatheroma vulnerable plaque regions (β=1.04, 95% CI=0.46, 1.64).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings demonstrate significant NPR-C expression in the intima of advanced carotid artery plaques. Furthermore, NPR-C expression was higher in vulnerable carotid plaque intimal regions, and correlate with features of advanced disease. Our findings suggest that NPR-C may serve as a potential biomarker for carotid plaque vulnerability and progression, in patients with advanced carotid artery occlusive disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":73814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medical & surgical pathology","volume":"1 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4989919/pdf/nihms806713.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9856564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}