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Cell kinetic analyses and expression of carcinoembryonic antigen, carbohydrate antigen 19-9 and DU-PAN-2 in hyperplastic, pre-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions of intrahepatic bile ducts in livers with hepatoliths

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We evaluated cell proliferative activity and expression of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) and DU-PAN-2 in various bile duct lesions in livers with hepatoliths, using histochemical and immunohistochemical methods. Histologically, the bile duct lesions were divisible into hyperplasia, dysplasia, adenocarcinoma in situ and invasive adenocarcinoma. All cases showed mucosal hyperplasia in stone-bearing bile ducts. Livers with invasive adenocarcinoma frequently contained adenocarcinoma in situ and dysplasia, and livers with adenocarcinoma in situ occasionally harboured dysplasia. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) labelling index was low in hyperplasia (mean±SD=20.5±8.7%), intermediate in dysplasia (35.4±15.9%), and high in adenocarcinoma in situ (46.4±9.3%). The mean number of argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs) was low in hyperplasia (1.52), intermediate in dysplasia (2.26) and high in adenocarcinoma in situ (2.69). There was a significant positive correlation between PCNA labelling index and AgNORs count. CEA was expressed on invasive adenocarcinoma cells and adenocarcinoma in situ cells in most cases and on dysplastic cells in about a half, while CEA was never present in hyperplastic epithelia. Expression of CA 19-9 was low in adenocarcinoma, intermediate in dysplasia and rather high in hyperplasia. There was no significant difference in DU-PAN-2 expression among these bile duct lesions. These data suggest that cell replicative activity is low in hyperplasia, intermediate in dysplasia and high in adenocarcinoma in situ, and that CEA appears in the following order: dysplasia, adenocarcinoma in situ, invasive adenocarcinoma. We suggest that carcinogenesis in biliary epithelia in livers with stones is a multi-step process through hyperplasia, dysplasia and adenocarcinoma in situ to invasive adenocarcinoma.

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Terada, T., Nakanuma, Y. Cell kinetic analyses and expression of carcinoembryonic antigen, carbohydrate antigen 19-9 and DU-PAN-2 in hyperplastic, pre-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions of intrahepatic bile ducts in livers with hepatoliths. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 420, 327–335 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01600212

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