Stomatin-like protein 2 (SLP-2) is a novel and unusual stomatin homologue of unknown functions. It was first identified to be overexpressed and involved in regulating cell growth and cell adhesion in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. We show herein the involvement of SLP-2 in human endometrial adenocarcinoma, and the effects of SLP-2 on endometrial adenocarcinoma cell growth. The expres...

Endometrial adenocarcinoma is the most common tumour of the female genital tract in developed countries, and oestrogen receptor (ER) signalling plays a pivotal role in its pathogenesis. When we used bioinformatics tools to search for the genes contributing to gynecological cancers, the expression of Olfactomedin 4 (OLFM4) was found by digital differential display to be associated with different...

The acidic glycosphingolipid composition of human uterine endometrial adenocarcinoma was compared with those of normal uterine endometrium at the proliferative and the secretory phases. Upon chemical composition analysis, no significant transformation-associated change of these glycolipids was observed. However, when cancer cells from the patients with human uterine endometrial adenocarcinoma w...

The prostaglandin F(2alpha) (PGF(2alpha)) receptor (FP) is elevated in endometrial adenocarcinoma. This study found that PGF(2alpha) signaling via FP regulates expression of chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1 (CXCL1) in endometrial adenocarcinoma cells. Expression of CXCL1 and its receptor, CXCR2, are elevated in cancer tissue compared with normal endometrium and localized to glandular epithelium...

To determine the prevalence of goblet cell metaplasia in endocervical and endometrial adenocarcinomas by histochemial staining and to investigate the most sensitive histochemical staining method to detect this metaplasia, a total of 90 tissue blocks representing 30 non-neoplastic cervix, 30 non-neoplastic endometrium, 30 endocervical and endometrial adenocarcinoma cases were obtained for histoc...

BACKGROUND Information about lymphatics and lymphangiogenesis in the human endometrium is limited. We investigated the distribution of endometrial lymphatic vessels during the normal menstrual cycle and in association with endometrial adenocarcinoma and investigated the expression of lymphangiogenic growth factors, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C, VEGF-D and VEGF receptor-3 (VEGF-R3...

Endometrial adenocarcinoma metastasizing to bones is rare, and isolated metastasis to clavicle is even more uncommon. We report a case of a 60-year-old woman diagnosed with endometrial adenocarcinoma found to have isolated metastasis to the clavicle during adjuvant radiotherapy. Following radiation therapy to the clavicle, patient was started on injection zoledronic acid. She was then planned f...

Background: Cancer of the endometrium is the most common gynecologic malignancy in western and industrial countries, and is the second most common in developing countries, therefore it is of special importance. Adenocarcinoma of the endometrium is the most common type of uterine cancer. The prevalence of endometrial cancer in young women under the age of 40 in western country is very low and ab...

Interleukin-11 (IL-11) up-regulates the proliferative and invasive capacity of many cancers. Coexpression of glycoprotein 130 (GP130) and IL-11 receptor alpha (IL-11Ralpha) is necessary for high-affinity binding of IL-11 to IL-11Ralpha. This study investigated the expression of IL-11 and role of prostaglandin F(2alpha)-F-prostanoid receptor (FP receptor) signaling in the modulation of IL-11 exp...