The phosphatase PTPN1/PTP1B is a candidate marker of better chemotherapy response in metastatic high-grade serous carcinoma.

Objective: To analyse the expression and clinical role of the phosphatase PTPN1 (PTP1B) in serous effusions.

Methods: PTPN1 mRNA expression by quantitative RT-PCR was analysed in 83 high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) and 15 malignant mesothelioma (MM) effusions. PTP1B and phospho-PTP1B (pPTP1B) protein expression by immunohistochemistry was analysed in 62 HGSC and 44 MM effusions.

Expression of palladin is associated with disease progression in metastatic high-grade serous carcinoma.

Objective: To analyse the expression and clinical role of the actin-associated molecule palladin in serous effusions.

Methods: PALLD mRNA expression was analysed by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in 83 high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) effusions. Fifteen malignant mesothelioma (MM) effusions and 18 surgical HGSC specimens from the ovary were studied for comparative purposes.

SCARA3 mRNA is overexpressed in ovarian carcinoma compared with breast carcinoma effusions.

Scavenger receptor class A, member 3 (SCARA3) was previously found to be overexpressed in ovarian/primary peritoneal carcinoma (OC/PPC) compared with breast carcinoma effusions by global gene expression analysis. The present study aimed to validate this finding applying quantitative PCR and analyzing the association between SCARA3 expression and clinicopathologic parameters in a large OC cohort. SCARA3 messenger RNA (mRNA) expression was analyzed in 127 effusions (103 ovarian/peritoneal/fallopian tube carcinomas, 9 breast carcinomas, 15 malignant mesotheliomas [MM]), and 30 solid primary OCs.

Nucleoside transporters are widely expressed in ovarian carcinoma effusions.

Objective: Equilibrative and concentrative nucleoside transporters (ENTs and CNTs) mediate the cellular uptake of anticancer nucleosides and sensitivity to such compounds. We studied the expression of ENTs and CNTs in ovarian carcinoma effusions.

Methods: ENT1, ENT2, ENT4 and CNT3 expression was analyzed in 66 ovarian carcinoma effusions (61 peritoneal, 5 pleural) from 64 ovarian carcinoma patients by flow cytometry.

Endoglin (CD105) expression in ovarian serous carcinoma effusions is related to chemotherapy status.

Endoglin (CD105), a cell surface co-receptor for transforming growth factor-β, is expressed in proliferating endothelial cells, as well as in cancer cells. We studied endoglin expression and its clinical relevance in effusions, primary tumors, and solid metastatic lesions from women with advanced-stage ovarian serous carcinoma. Endoglin expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry in effusions (n = 211; 174 peritoneal, 37 pleural).

Expression and clinical role of growth differentiation factor-15 in ovarian carcinoma effusions.

Introduction: Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) is a member of the transforming growth factor-β family. We analyzed the expression and clinical role of GDF-15 in ovarian carcinoma effusions.

Methods: The concentration of soluble GDF-15 was measured in 195 effusion supernatants from 162 patients with ovarian carcinoma by an immunoradiometric assay.

Growth differentiation factor-15 as a prognostic biomarker in ovarian cancer.

Objectives: There is a need for identification of new biomarkers improving our understanding, diagnosis, and follow-up of ovarian cancer. Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) is a member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily, and GDF-15 overexpression has been found in several cancer forms but has not been explored in ovarian cancer. The aim of the study was to explore preoperative plasma concentration and tissue expression of growth differentiation factor (GDF)-15 in ovarian tumors.