title: Correlation between the expression of oncogenes ras and c-erbB-2 and the biological behavior of bladder tumors.
abstract: Expression of the ras and the c-erbB-2 oncogene products was investigated in 56 cases of human bladder transitional cell carcinoma and 6 samples of human normal bladder tissue using an immunohistochemical method. Thirty of the 56 cases of bladder tumor were found to be immunohistologically positive with the monoclonal anti-ras p21 antibody, while 19 of 56 cases were positive with the polyclonal anti-c-erbB-2 oncoprotein antibody. All 6 controls were negative with both antibodies. The ras p21 positive staining was found more frequently in the well or moderately differentiated, superficial and non-recurrent tumors than in the poorly differentiated (p < 0.01), muscle invasive (p < 0.05) and recurrent tumors (p < 0.01), while the c-erbB-2 gene product was more commonly detected in high-grade (p < 0.01), invasive (p < 0.01) and recurrent tumors (p < 0.05). Thus, the expression of either ras or c-erbB-2 was closely associated with the histological grade, clinical stage and recurrence of bladder transitional cell carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: S X
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D011905:Genes, ras; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015689:Oncogene Protein p21(ras) / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015689:Oncogene Protein p21(ras); D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases