Expression of MUC1 in tubal pregnancy.
The MUC1 mucin is normally expressed in the epithelium of the fallopian tube, and its expression on the epithelium of the tubes with ectopic pregnancies has not been studied. The mean (+/- SEM) histologic score for MUC1 was 1.4 +/- 0.2 in the luminal epithelium of tubes with ectopic pregnancies, and the histologic score for normal tubes was 2.8 +/- 0.2; however, these findings must be confirmed with the identification of the cytoplasmic tail of MUC1.
Serviço e Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. rsavaris@hcpa.ufrgs.br
Ricardo Francalacci
RF
Savaris
Luiz Carlos
LC
da Silva
Gisele da Silva
Gda S
Moraes
Maria Isabel Albano
MI
Edelweiss
D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000276:immunology; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018396:Mucin-1 / Q000032:analysis*; D015588:Observer Variation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000276:immunology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
D015415:Biomarkers; C060192:MUC1 protein, human; D018396:Mucin-1