GLUT1 protein expression correlates with unfavourable histologic category and high risk in patients with neuroblastic tumours

Pramila Ramani, Alison Headford, Margaret T May

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Abstract

GLUT1 is a hypoxia-induced gene that has many biologically important functions, and the overexpression of the GLUT1 protein correlates with poor prognosis in several adult cancers. The clinical significance of the GLUT1 protein in peripheral neuroblastic tumours (NTs) has not been comprehensively documented. In the present retrospective study, immunohistochemical analyses revealed the presence of GLUT1 in 44/96 (46 %) NTs. Membranous GLUT1 was present in neuroblasts of 44/87 neuroblastomas (NBs) and nodular ganglioneuroblastomas (nGNBs) but was absent in ganglion cells. The presence of GLUT1 was significantly increased in NBs and nGNBs compared with maturing ganglioneuromas and intermixed ganglioneuroblastomas (P 
Original languageEnglish
JournalVirchows Archiv
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Publication statusPublished - 2013

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