826 Results Found

Analyses of composition, distribution of cellular and extracellular matrix components, and molecular analysis of mitochondria related genes of bone loss in the presence of inflammatory environment in humans was the aim of the present project. As a hu...

Background: A ligature mark is a common injury in cases of hanging or strangulation. Estimation of age and vitality of the ligature mark can be crucial for differentiating antemortem and postmortem wounds and to distinguish between simulated suicidal...

Testicular torsion potentially leads to acute scrotum and testicle loss, and requires prompt surgical intervention to restore testicular blood flow, despite the paradoxical negative effect of reperfusion. While no drug is yet approved for this condit...

A previous study demonstrated that the reconstituted type I collagen matrix extracted from rabbit tendons enabled the TMJ disc to regenerate in the rabbit. The aim of this study was to investigate changes in the extracellular matrix (ECM) and mechani...

A late stage of several retinal disorders is retinal detachment, a complication that results in rapid photoreceptor degeneration and synaptic damages. Experimental retinal detachment in vivo is an invasive and complicated method performed on anesthet...

Female urethral adenocarcinoma has attracted attention as a rare tumor type based on its differential pathogenesis from its male counterpart. However, to date, our knowledge concerning its immunohistochemical and morphological characteristics remains...

TATA box-binding protein-associated factor 12 (TAF12) has been identified as an oncogene in choroid plexus carcinoma, but its role in glioma is poorly understood because of a lack of previous studies. This study investigated the relationship of TAF12...

Mesonephric-like adenocarcinoma (MLA) of the uterine corpus is a rare but distinct malignant tumor of the female genital tract, demonstrating a characteristic morphology and unique immunohistochemical profiles and molecular alterations. We conducted...

Cluster of differentiation 44 (CD44) is a type I transmembrane glycoprotein and has been shown to be a cell surface marker of cancer stem-like cells in various cancers. In particular, the splicing variants of CD44 (CD44v) are overexpressed in cancers...

Lassa virus (LASV) is a mammarenavirus (arenavirus) that causes zoonotic infection in humans that can lead to fatal hemorrhagic Lassa fever (LF) disease. Currently, there are no FDA-approved vaccines or therapeutics against LASV. Development of treat...

Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMPD) is an adenocarcinoma that develops mainly in the genital region of older adults. The prognosis for advanced EMPD is almost always poor; thus, novel therapeutic strategies need to be developed. HER2-targeted a...

Background: Merkel cell carcinomas of unknown primary (MCC-UPs) are defined as deep-seated tumors without an associated cutaneous tumor. Although the distinction has important clinical implications, it remains unclear whether these tumors represent p...

Undifferentiated sarcoma is a malignant tumor characterized by the absence of a distinct cellular origin, as determined by morphological and immunohistochemical analyses, and is known for its highly invasive and proliferative behavior [...]

A number of urinary bladder urothelial carcinoma (UB UC) mRNA-based classification systems have been reported. It also has been observed that treatment response and prognosis are different for each molecular subtype. In this study, cytokeratin (CK)5/...

Several studies revealed that expression levels of glutathione peroxidase 1 (Gpx-1) can be associated with cancer development, mainly through its role in hydroperoxide scavenging by regulating intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. There...

This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate the prognostic and clinicopathological significance of the aberrant expression of β-catenin (assessed through the immunohistochemical loss of membrane expression, cytoplasmic and nuclear...

Glutathione peroxidase 2 (Gpx-2) is a selenoenzyme with antioxidant capabilities that may play a role in cancer development. Hence, we investigated the immunohistochemical expression of Gpx-2 protein in colon adenocarcinoma samples derived from patie...

Background and clinical significance: Cutaneous melanomas sometimes display unusual histopathological features, reminiscent of various other malignancies, either primary or metastatic. However, due to the highly aggressive nature of cutaneous melanom...

Background: Special AT-rich sequence-binding protein 2 (SATB2) has emerged as an alternative immunohistochemical marker to CDX2 for colorectal differentiation. However, the distribution and prognostic relevance of SATB2 expression in colorectal carci...

Background: Autophagy is a cellular process responsible for maintaining homeostasis; a dysregulation of this process is involved in the development and progression of neoplasms. Beclin-1 is one of the major proteins linked to autophagy. However, the...

Splenic rupture and hematoma are significant complications that can occur in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Understanding these associated complications is essential for optimal patient management and enhanced patient outcomes. Histopathol...

Background: Histological and immunohistochemical analyses of adipose tissue are essential for evaluating the quality and functionality of lipoaspirates in regenerative medicine and fat grafting procedures. These methods provide insights into tissue v...

Angiogenesis is a key feature during oncogenesis and remains a potential target of antiangiogenic therapy. While commonly described in high-grade lesions, vascularization and its correlation with prognosis in grade I meningiomas is largely unexplored...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), consisting of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), requires a forensic age determination to ascertain their causal relationship with recent events, such as trauma or medical treatment. The main objecti...

(1) Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in terms of incidence and mortality. Approximately 90% of all colorectal cancer cases are adenocarcinomas, originating from epithelial cells of the colorectal mucosa. Upregulated...

Evidence for the tumor-supporting capacities of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) has rapidly been accumulating. To uncover clinicopathological importance of periostin (POSTN) expression in colorectal cancer (CRC), the present study immunohistoche...

The role of HPV in the survival prognosis of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, especially patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPSCC), is still somewhat ambiguous. The p...

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disease with a complex immune response. Given the considerable heterogeneity of the clinical phenotype of HS, this study aimed to analyse the immunohistochemical pattern of interstit...

Computerized methods have been developed that allow quantitative morphological analyses of whole slide images (WSIs), e.g., of immunohistochemical stains. The latter are attractive because they can provide high-resolution data on the distribution of...

Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models retain the characteristics of tumors and are useful tools for personalized therapy and translational research. In this study, we aimed to establish PDX models for uterine corpus malignancies (UC-PDX) and analyze...

The technical complexity of gene expression profiling in routine practice has necessitated the use of surrogate molecular classification of breast cancer, based on immunohistochemical analyses. Background and objectives: The aim of this study was to...

The integrity of the reconstructed human epidermis generated in vitro can be assessed using histological analyses combined with immunohistochemical staining of keratinocyte differentiation markers. Technical differences during the preparation and cap...

Background: Within the claudin (CLDN) family, CLDN12 mRNA expression is altered in various types of cancer, but its clinicopathological relevance has yet to be established due to the absence of specific antibodies (Abs) with broad applications. Metho...

Evidence showing the functional significance of the choroid plexus is accumulating. Epithelial cells with tight and adherens junctions of the choroid plexus play important roles in cerebrospinal fluid production and circadian rhythm formation. Althou...

The phenotypically informed histotype classification remains the mainstay of ovarian carcinoma subclassification. Histotypes of ovarian epithelial neoplasms have evolved with each edition of the WHO Classification of Female Genital Tumours. The curre...

The dynamics of tissue wound healing associated with dental implants placed in fresh extraction sockets or in healed alveolar ridges are not fully understood. Therefore, the aim of this preclinical in vivo investigation was to evaluate soft tissue he...

Background and Objectives: In dentistry, the assessment of the histomorphometric features of periodontal (PD) and peri-implant (PI) lesions is important to evaluate their underlying pathogenic mechanism. The present study aimed to compare manual and...

The relationships between CEUS parameters of adnexal tumours and postoperative immunohistochemical assessments of CD34, CD105 and bcl-2 were analysed. This study aimed to investigate whether contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) parameters depend...

Melanoma, a malignant neuroectodermic tumor originating from the neural crest, presents a growing global public health challenge and is anticipated to become the second most prevalent malignancy in the USA by 2040. The CDKN2A gene, particularly p16IN...

In this comprehensive study of 15 deceased patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, spanning a time frame of 1 to 68 days from confirmation to death, autopsies were meticulously conducted with stringent safety measures. Clinical, laboratory, his...

Kallikrein-related peptides (KLKs) form an evolutionally conserved subgroup of secreted serine proteases that consists of 15 members (KLK1-15). Previous studies have shown that KLKs regulate diverse biological processes, but the clinical significance...

Background: Mechanical processing techniques are commonly employed to prepare adipose tissue for clinical applications in reconstructive and aesthetic procedures. However, their histological and immunohistochemical impact on adipose tissue remains in...

Doxorubicin (DXB) is one of the most commonly used anticancer agents for treating solid and hematological malignancies; however, DXB-induced cardiorenal toxicity presents a limiting factor to its clinical usefulness in cancer patients. Costunolide (C...

Background/Objective: Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from wireless technologies has raised concerns about male reproductive health. We aimed to evaluate the protective role of alpha-lipoic acid (ALA), a potent antioxidant, against testicular alterat...

Fas-associated death domain (FADD) upregulation, i.e., gene amplification, protein phosphorylation and/or overexpression, has shown promising prognostic implications in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). This systematic review and meta-an...

The aim of this study is to assess immune cell populations in squamous precancerous (preinvasive) and cancerous lesions of the oral cavity and larynx. Qualitative and quantitative immunohistochemical analyses were performed to determine the expressio...

The study consisted of the immunohistochemical analysis of fundic and pyloric mucosa in the equine stomach between the 4th and 11th month of gestation. The accessible material was classified into three age groups using the CRL method. The adult refer...

A recent comparison of clinical and inflammatory parameters, together with biomarkers of oxidative stress, in patients who died from aggressive COVID-19 and survivors suggested that the lipid peroxidation product 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) might be det...

Background: Vulvar lymphangiectasia (VLA) is a rare condition characterized by the abnormal dilation of lymphatic vessels in the vulvar region, often secondary to surgery or radiation therapy for malignancies. Its clinical presentation closely resemb...

Cutaneous melanoma (cM) is the deadliest of all primary skin cancers. Its prognosis is strongly influenced by the stage at diagnosis, with early stages having a good prognosis and being potentially treatable with surgery alone; advanced stages displa...