Immunoexpression of Bmi-1, CK15, Bcl-2 in different types of basal cell carcinomas.

Introduction: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) occurs in aggressive and non-aggressive forms. The expression of immunohistochemical markers varies in different types of BCC.

Aim: Immunohistochemical analysis of selected proteins in BCCs.

Immunoexpression and clinical significance of the PTEN and MLH1 proteins in endometrial carcinomas.

Carcinogenesis is a multistep process resulting from mutations in genes controlling the cellular growth, differentiation, apoptosis, and genome integrity maintenance. We investigated relationships between the PTEN and MLH1 immunoreactivity in the cancer cells and the histological subtypes of endometrial carcinoma as well as the survival times of the affected women. The PTEN and MLH1 protein immunoexpression was also examined separately in both clinicopathological groups of endometrial carcinoma.

[Pten gene expression in the endometrial mucosa].

The opinions about the causes of the endometrial carcinoma have changed since 1995, due to molecular biology progress. The findings concerning the recently discovered suppressor PTEN gene localized on the chromosome 10 -10q23.3, the product of which is a specific phosphatase are especially valuable.