IHC Flashcards
p53 is commonly mutated in?
Typically expressed strongly and diffusely by High Grade Serous Carcinoma
p16 is mutated in and what does it cause?
Surrogate marker for HPV infection and HPV associated Ca Elevated levels in - Ca Cervix - CIN 2/3 - High grade serous carcinoma
Tumour suppressor gene. slowing progression from G1 to S phase.
Different Ca have different types of p16 expression.
Cancers that overexpress p16 are usually caused by HPV, whereas cancers in which p16 is downregulated will usually have other causes.
WT-1
+ve
high grade serous
Sex cord stromal tumours
-ve
Clear cell carcinoma (up to20% +ve)
Endometrial glands
Ovarian mucinous carcinoma
Endometrial adenocarcinoma (up to ~20% may be +ve - Meta analysis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32859123)
Tumour suppressor gene. Protein is transcriptional regularo that inhibits transcription of growth promoting genes.
CEA
Usually considered an epithelial marker with strong staining in adenocarcinoma.
\+ve in Cervical adenocarcinoma Cervix SCC Endometrial adenocarcinoma (50%) Mucinous ovarian (92%) Paget's all sites Choriocarcinoma
Plus lots of others:
Bile duct ,bladder, breast, CRC (almost all) gastric, hepatic Ca. Neuroendocrine, pancreatic, thymoma, thyroid
May play a roles in metastasis of Ca cells
Normally detected in glycocalyx (peri-cellular matrix) of foetal eipithelial cells
CK7 + / CK 20 +
CK 7+ / CK 20+
Primary mucinous tumour of ovary Bile duct Ca Gastric Adeno Pancreatic Ca Pulmonary Invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma Sinonasal adenocactinoma Small intenstinal Adenocarcinoma Urothelial carcinoma
CK 7+ / CK 20 -
Cervix SCC and Adenocarcinoma
Endometrial Adenocarcinoma
Ovarian Ca - including endometriod, clear cell, serous, seromucinous
Breast oesophagus Gastric Bile duct Lung acinar adeno Mesothelioma Pancreatic adeno Renal cell Salivery glan Thyroid urothelial Ca
CK 7- CK 20+
Colorectal Ca
Merkel cell carcinoma (88%)
CK 7- / CK 20 -
germ cell tumour
Renal cell carcinoma (clear cell type)
SCC - except cervix ca.
CK 7
+ve in adenocarcinoma of endometrium, cervix, ovary + lung, breast, thyroid, salivary gland,
-ve in CRC, merkel cell carcinoma, HCC, adrenocortical tumors and SCC
AKA keratin 7, KRT 7, K7
ER
Oestrogen Receptor Distinguishes Endocervical (ER-ve) with Endometrial (ER+ve) adenocarcinoma \+ve in 75% of Endometrial adenocarcinoma \+ve in Ovarian Serous, mucinous and endometrioid adenocarcinoma and ovarian transitional cell carcinoma,
ALso Br
-ve Endocervical Ca, Ovarian clear cell Ca.
GATA 3
Breast marker. \+ve in metastatic Breast and Urothelial \+ve in Lobular carcinoma of the breast \+ve in Mesonephric cervix SCC skin + from SCC lung -ve
HIK1083
Diagnostic of Adenoma malignum, Now called adenocarcinoma HPV independent gastric type (that astd with Peutz-Jegher)
Also - Detect gastric metastasis
Cervix: Diagnostic of adenoma malignum
Ki-67
marker of cell proliferation.
Nuclear stain
Prognostic in Br Ca and used for prognosis of relative responsiveness, resistance to chemo or endocrine therapy and biomarker of treatment efficacy (high % reflects worse prognosis)
P40
Primarily for differentiating lung SCC from Adenocarcinoma.
I.e. Squamous cells from adeno.
Also used in Cervix.
MUC 6
+ve stain in Breast Cancer and gastric Ca.