| Title | Myeloid leukemia-1 expression in benign and malignant melanocytic lesions. | | Author(s) | Wong RP, Khosravi S, Martinka M, Li G | | Institution | Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, Jack Bell Research Centre, British Columbia V6H 3Z6, Canada. | | Source | Oncol Rep 2008 Apr; 19(4):933-7. | | Abstract | Myeloid leukemia-1 (Mcl-1) is an anti-apoptotic protein implicated in tumor progression. Its expression was found to be elevated in many types of human cancers and is correlated with tumor progression. The expression of Mcl-1 in melanoma is not fully understood. We investigated the expression of Mcl-1 in normal nevi, dysplastic nevi, primary melanoma and melanoma metastases by tissue microarray and immunohistochemistry. We found that Mcl-1 expression was significantly increased in dysplastic nevi, primary melanoma and melanoma metastases when compared to normal nevi, though the expression of Mcl-1 was decreased in metastatic melanoma when compared to dysplastic nevi. We did not find any correlation between Mcl-1 expression and melanoma patient survival. Our data suggest that Mcl-1 may play a critical role in the initiation of melanoma development. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 18357378 |
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