Human Kidney Injury Molecule-1 (hKIM-1), T cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin domain protein (TIM-1), Hepatitis A virus cellular receptor 1 (HAVCR1)

The hKIM-1 gene is located on chromosome 5q. It encodes a type I transmembrane glycoprotein with an immunoglobulin-like extracellular domain.

Immunohistochemical expression

Normal nephrons sometimes show staining of occasional proximal tubules, with enhanced staining in acute tubular necrosis.

 

Renal tumours

Conventional renal cell carcinoma

54/731, 24/352

 

Papillary renal cell carcinoma

28/301, 2/32

Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma

0/541, 0/22

Oncocytoma

4/411

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma

35/451

Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma

2/21

Non-renal tumours

Clear cell carcinoma of the ovary

15/161

Serous carcinoma of the ovary

0/15

Endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary

0/2

Clear cell carcinoma of the uterus

6/181

Endometrioid carcinoma of the uterus

0/13

Serous carcinoma of the uterus

0/2

Adenocarcinoma of the colon

5/401

Breast ductal carcinoma

0/17

Breast lobular carcinoma

0/8

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

0/13

Hepatocellular carcinoma

0/13

Lung adenocarcinoma

0/10

Prostatic adenocarcinoma

0/15

Renal pelvic urothelial carcinoma

0/10

Thyroid papillary carcinoma

0/10

Mesothelioma

0/6

Neuroendocrine carcinoma, site unspecified

0/10

Total

26/2211, 2/4842

     

Diagnostic utility

References

1 Lin F, Zhang PL, Yang XJ, et al. Human kidney injury molecule-1 (hKIM-1): a useful immunohistochemical marker for diagnosing renal cell carcinoma and ovarian clear cell carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol 2007; 31:371-81

2 Han WK, Alinani A, Wu CL, et al. Human kidney injury molecule-1 is a tissue and urinary tumor marker of renal cell carcinoma. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005; 16:1126-34 FULL TEXT

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