Article: Diagnosis of soft tissue tumors using immunohistochemistry as a surrogate for recurrent fusion oncoproteins.
Seminars in diagnostic pathology
2021 Volume 39, Issue 1, Page(s) 38–47
Abstract: Soft tissue neoplasms encompass a broad spectrum of clinicopathologic manifestations. In a subset of soft tissue tumors, spanning a wide range of clinical behavior from indolent to highly aggressive, recurrent genetic translocations yield oncogenic ... ...
Abstract | Soft tissue neoplasms encompass a broad spectrum of clinicopathologic manifestations. In a subset of soft tissue tumors, spanning a wide range of clinical behavior from indolent to highly aggressive, recurrent genetic translocations yield oncogenic fusion proteins that drive neoplastic growth. Beyond functioning as primary mechanisms of tumorigenesis, recurrent translocations represent key diagnostic features insofar as the presence of a particular oncogenic gene fusion generally points to specific tumor entities. In addition to more direct methods for identifying recurrent translocations, such as conventional cytogenetics or fluorescence in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry for a component of the fusion oncoprotein increasingly is being used as a surrogate marker, exploiting the tendency of these fusion components to be distinctively overexpressed by translocation-bearing tumor cells. Diagnostic immunohistochemistry can also be used to identify the characteristic gene expression changes that occur downstream of oncogenic fusions. Here, we review the use of immunohistochemistry to detect surrogate markers of recurrent translocations in soft tissue tumors, focusing on the practical applications and limitations of this diagnostic approach. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ; Oncogene Proteins ; Soft Tissue Neoplasms/genetics |
Chemical Substances | Oncogene Proteins |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-11-03 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 605834-6 |
ISSN | 1930-1111 ; 0740-2570 |
ISSN (online) | 1930-1111 |
ISSN | 0740-2570 |
DOI | 10.1053/j.semdp.2021.10.005 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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