Claudin 18 and annexin 8 in pancreatic carcinoma

These two proteins may be useful in the diagnosis of pancreatic neoplasia.

 

 

claudin 18

Annexin 8

 

Normal pancreatic ducts

4/1051

13/1101

Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia

51/521

0/401

Infiltrating carcinoma

159/1661

149/1541

     

 

References

1 Karanjawala ZE, Illei PB, Ashfaq R, et al. New markers of pancreatic cancer identified through differential gene expression analyses: claudin 18 and annexin A8. Am J Surg Pathol 2008; 32:188-96

 

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