論文

査読有り
2017年9月

Nuclear features of infiltrating urothelial carcinoma are distinguished from low-grade noninvasive papillary urothelial carcinoma by image analysis

ONCOLOGY LETTERS
  • Noritake Kosuge
  • ,
  • Masanao Saio
  • ,
  • Hirofumi Matsumoto
  • ,
  • Hajime Aoyama
  • ,
  • Akiko Matsuzaki
  • ,
  • Naoki Yoshimi

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開始ページ
2715
終了ページ
2722
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3892/ol.2017.6474
出版者・発行元
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD

Recent advances in computer technology have been made and image analysis (IA) has been introduced into pathological fields. The present study aimed to investigate the utility of IA for the evaluation of nuclear features and staining of immunohistochemistry (IHC) for Ki-67, p53 and GATA-binding protein 3 (GATA-3) in urothelial carcinoma tissue samples. A total of 49 cases of urothelial carcinoma tissue samples were obtained by transurethral resection of bladder tumors, which included 11 low-grade papillary urothelial carcinomas (LGPUCs), 1 non-invasive high-grade urothelial carcinoma and 37 infiltrating urothelial carcinomas (IUCs). Whole slide imaging (WSI) and IA were performed in Feulgen reaction and IHC-stained tissue samples. There was a significant difference in the average nuclear density, standard deviation (SD) of nuclear size and SD of nuclear minimum and maximum diameter between LGPUC and IUC, which is equivalent to the diagnostic features of IUC in nuclear variability, and hyperchromatic nuclei. In addition, the present study revealed that the SD of nuclear density was significantly different between the two groups. Regarding IA in IHC-stained tissue samples, Ki-67 was significantly overexpressed in IUC. Furthermore, the GATA-3 expression level in IUC samples with muscle invasion was significantly downregulated compared with that in non-muscle invasive tumors. The results of the present study suggest that IA in combination with WSI may be a beneficial tool for evaluating morphometric characteristics and performing semi-quantitative analysis of IHC.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6474
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000408597600019&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3892/ol.2017.6474
  • ISSN : 1792-1074
  • eISSN : 1792-1082
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000408597600019

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