An autopsy case of gallbladder cancer developing in a Japanese man with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis: genetic analysis of the sterol 27-hydroxylase and p53 genes.
Examining expression of enhanced green fluorecent protein (EGFP), E1A and the target gene P53 in the oncolytic adenovirus system validated that Survivin promoter-regulated oncolytic adenovirus had high proliferation activity and high P53 expression in Survivin-positive gallbladder cancer cells.
Over-expression of p53 was seen in 56.25% of GBC cases and was not seen in chronic cholecystitis or in control gallbladders. p53 expression in gallbladder cancer was significantly higher than in inflammatory or control gallbladders (P < 0.0001). p53 expression increased with increasing tumor grade (P = 0.039).
The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency of TP53 and K-ras mutations in Bolivian patients with GBC and to compare them with our previous data obtained in other high-GBC-prevalence countries, namely Japan, Chile, and Hungary.
These results suggest that the Val allele of CYP1A1 Ile462Val polymorphism and the Pro allele of TP53Arg72Pro polymorphism contribute to an increased risk of GBC among Japanese women and men, respectively.
This study performed a TP53 gene investigation by PCR-SSCP and direct sequencing using both bile supernatants and tissue samples from cholecystectomy specimens lacking gallbladder cancer, in order to investigate gallbladder carcinogenesis.
This study suggests that the DPC4 gene may play a limited role in gallbladder carcinoma; however, p53 gene mutation is more frequently found in gallbladder cancers.
We aimed to assess whether or not cytochrome P450 (CYP1A1), glutathione S-transferase mu 1 (GSTM1), theta 1 (GSTT1) and tumor suppressor protein p53 (TP53) genetic polymorphisms modulate GBC susceptibility in Bolivians.