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Fan M, Xu X, Hu Y. Characterization of tumor endothelial cells (TEC) in gastric cancer and development of a TEC-based risk signature using single-cell RNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq data. Aging (Albany NY) 2024; 16:10252-10270. [PMID: 38870270 DOI: 10.18632/aging.205928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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BACKGROUND Tumor endothelial cells (TECs) are essential participants in tumorigenesis. This study is focused on elucidating the TEC traits in gastric cancer (GC) and constructing a prognostic risk model to predict the clinical outcome of GC patients. METHODS Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data were obtained from the GEO database. Using specific markers, the Seurat R package aided in processing scRNA-seq data and identifying TEC clusters. Based on TEC cluster-associated genes identified by Pearson correlation analysis, TEC-related prognostic genes were screened by lasso-Cox regression analysis, thereby constructing a risk signature. A nomogram was created by combining the risk signature with clinicopathological features. RESULTS Based on the scRNA-seq data, 5 TEC clusters were discovered in GC, with 3 of them showing prognostic associations in GC. A total of 163 genes were pinpointed among 3302 DEGs as significantly linked to TEC clusters, leading to the formulation of a risk signature comprising 8 genes. Furthermore, there was a notable correlation between the risk signature and the immune cell infiltration. Multivariate analysis findings indicated that the risk signature served as an independent prognostic factor for GC. Moreover, its efficacy in forecasting immune response was validated. CONCLUSION TEC-based risk model is highly effective in predicting the survival outcomes of GC patients and can forecast the immune response. Targeting TECs may significantly inhibit tumor progression and enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy.
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- Meng Fan
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zhu Cheng People’s Hospital, Weifang, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zhu Cheng People’s Hospital, Weifang, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zhu Cheng People’s Hospital, Weifang, China
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Shibagaki K, Kushima R, Mishiro T, Araki A, Niino D, Ishimura N, Ishihara S. Gastric dysplastic lesions in Helicobacter pylori-naïve stomach: Foveolar-type adenoma and intestinal-type dysplasia. Pathol Int 2024. [PMID: 38837872 DOI: 10.1111/pin.13456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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Reports of Helicobacter pylori (Hp)-naïve gastric neoplasm (HpNGN) cases have been rapidly increasing due to the recent increase in the Hp-naïve population in Japan. Most HpNGNs exhibit the gastric immunophenotype and a low malignant potential regardless of histological type. Especially, foveolar-type gastric adenoma (FGA) and intestinal-type gastric dysplasia (IGD) rarely progress to invasive carcinoma. FGA is a foveolar epithelial neoplasm that occurs in the fundic gland (oxyntic gland) mucosa and is classified as the flat type or raspberry type (FGA-RA). The flat type is a large, whitish flatly elevated lesion while FGA-RA is a small reddish polyp. Genomically, the flat type is characterized by APC and KRAS gene mutations and FGA-RA by a common single nucleotide variant in the KLF4 gene. This KLF4 single-nucleotide variant reportedly induces gastric foveolar epithelial tumorigenesis and activates both cell proliferation and apoptosis, leading to its slow-growing nature. IGD consists of an intestinalized epithelial dysplasia that develops in the pyloric gland mucosa, characterized as a superficial depressed lesion surrounded by raised mucosa showing a gastritis-like appearance. Immunohistochemically, it exhibits an intestinal or gastrointestinal phenotype and, frequently, p53 overexpression. Thus, IGD shows unique characteristics in HpNGNs and a potential multistep tumorigenic process.
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- Kotaro Shibagaki
- Department of Endoscopy, Shimane University Hospital, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Shimane University Hospital, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Shimane University Hospital, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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Ushiku T, Lauwers GY. Pathology and Clinical Relevance of Gastric Epithelial Dysplasia. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2024; 53:39-55. [PMID: 38280750 DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2023.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2024]
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Gastric dysplasia is defined as an unequivocally neoplastic epithelium. Dysplastic lesions are characterized by cellular atypia reflective of abnormal differentiation and disorganized glandular architecture. The last few years have been marked by a refinement of the prognosis and risk of progression of gastric dysplasia and the recognition of novel morphologic patterns of dysplasia. Determination of the correct diagnosis and grade of dysplasia are critical steps since it will be predicting the risk of malignant transformation and help tailor appropriate surveillance strategy. This review describes the morphologic characteristics of conventional dysplasia and nonconventional gastric dysplasia that have been more recently characterized.
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- Tetsuo Ushiku
- Department of Pathology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Gastrointestinal Pathology Section, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA; Departments of Pathology and Oncologic Sciences, Tampa, FL, USA.
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Kotani S, Shibagaki K, Hirahara N, Hasegawa N, Tanabe R, Ebisutani Y, Nonomura S, Kishimoto K, Kodama Y, Takahashi Y, Kataoka M, Oka A, Fukuba N, Mishima Y, Oshima N, Kawashima K, Ishimura N, Araki A, Kadota K, Itawaki A, Nagasaki M, Miyaoka Y, Onuma H, Ishihara S. Clinicopathologic differences of gastric neoplasms between Helicobacter pylori-infected and -naïve patients: a multicenter retrospective analysis. J Gastroenterol 2024; 59:1-10. [PMID: 37855982 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-023-02050-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND The incidence of gastric neoplasms in Helicobacter pylori (Hp)-naïve patients has recently increased due to a remarkable decrease in the Hp-infected population in Japan. We investigated the clinicopathologic differences between Hp-infected gastric neoplasms (HpIGNs) and Hp-naïve gastric neoplasms (HpNGNs) that have not been fully elucidated so far. METHODS This retrospective multicenter study investigated 966 consecutive patients with 1131 gastric dysplasia or cancers who underwent endoscopic or surgical treatment for the recent decade. Clinicopathologic features were compared between HpIGN and HpNGN cases. RESULTS One thousand and sixty-eight HpIGNs in 916 patients included 877 differentiated types and 191 undifferentiated types. Sixty-three HpNGNs in 50 patients included 57 differentiated types (35 foveolar types, 15 intestinal types, 6 fundic-gland types, and 1 other differentiated type) and 6 undifferentiated types. HpNGNs occurred in younger (59.5 vs. 71.8 years, p < 0.05) and female patients (40.0% vs. 26.5%, p < 0.05), were found more frequently in the proximal compartment (p < 0.05), and had smaller size (median 4.0 vs. 20.0 mm, p < 0.05). Histologically, HpNGNs and HpIGNs both primarily consisted of differentiated type (90.5% vs. 82.1%, p = 0.089) and HpNGNs showed lower prevalence of invasive cancer (11.1% vs. 37.6%, p < 0.05) and lymphovascular invasion (1.6% vs. 31.6%, p < 0.05). Nearly all HpNGNs (62/63, 98.4%) were diagnosed in early pathological stage, while 16.1% (172/1068) of HpIGNs were diagnosed in advanced stage (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS HpNGNs is recently on the increase but shows lower malignant nature regardless of histologic type than HpIGN. Endoscopic gastric cancer screening will be reviewed via cost effectiveness for Hp-naïve individuals in future.
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- Satoshi Kotani
- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Endoscopy, Shimane University Hospital, 89-1 Enya, Izumo, 693-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Digestive and General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Endoscopy, Shimane University Hospital, 89-1 Enya, Izumo, 693-8501, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Shimane University Hospital, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Shimane University Hospital, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Hamada Medical Center, Hamada, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Hamada Medical Center, Hamada, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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Shibagaki K, Ishimura N, Kotani S, Fukuyama C, Takahashi Y, Kishimoto K, Yazaki T, Kataoka M, Omachi T, Kinoshita Y, Hasegawa N, Oka A, Mishima Y, Mishiro T, Oshima N, Kawashima K, Nagase M, Araki A, Kadota K, Ishihara S. Endoscopic differential diagnosis between foveolar-type gastric adenoma and gastric hyperplastic polyps in Helicobacter pylori-naïve patients. Gastric Cancer 2023; 26:1002-1011. [PMID: 37543537 DOI: 10.1007/s10120-023-01420-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Foveolar-type gastric adenoma (FGA) occurs in Helicobacter pylori (Hp)-naïve individuals and morphologically mimics Hp-naïve gastric hyperplastic polyp (HpN-GHP). FGA is often difficult to distinguish from HpN-GHP even by biopsy, due to its low-grade histologic atypia. We conducted a retrospective study to create an endoscopic diagnostic index. METHODS We analyzed 51 FGAs in 41 patients and 36 HpN-GHPs in 24 patients. All lesions were photographed by white-light endoscopy (WLE) and narrow-band imaging with magnification endoscopy (NBIME). Three experts and three non-experts reviewed the WLE and WLE+NBIME images to assess six items for lesion diagnosis. We analyzed correlations between the diagnostic items and histologic features and compared the diagnostic accuracy between modalities. We created a composite diagnostic index and calculated its accuracy and consistency. RESULTS FGAs more frequently showed the following features vs. HpN-GHPs: bright-red color (94.1% vs. 44.4%), peripheral hyperplasia (58.8% vs. 8.3%), papillary/gyrus-like microstructure (96.1% vs. 33.3%), visible capillaries (70.6% vs. 38.9%), and demarcation line (98.0% vs. 41.7%) (P < 0.05). White-zone thickening was seen only in HpN-GHPs (52.8%). Diagnostic accuracy (mean, WLE vs. WLE+NBIME) was 90.8 ± 1.1% vs. 93.5 ± 2.4% (P = 0.15) for experts and 88.5 ± 3.0% vs. 86.6 ± 3.5% (P = 0.51) for non-experts. When satisfying the four criteria (bright-red color, papillary/gyrus-like microstructure, demarcation line, and absent white-zone thickening), sensitivity and specificity for FGA were 90.2% and 94.4%, respectively, with a kappa value of ≥ 0.6 for interobserver diagnostic agreement. CONCLUSIONS Composite diagnostic index contributes to the reproducible, accurate, preoperative differential diagnosis of FGA and HpN-GHP.
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- Kotaro Shibagaki
- Department of Endoscopy, Shimane University Hospital, 89-1 Enya, Izumo, Shimane, 693-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan
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Suzuki N, Ikeda A, Ueyama H, Yatagai N, Uemura Y, Yamamoto M, Iwano T, Utsunomiya H, Uchida R, Abe D, Oki S, Akazawa Y, Takeda T, Ueda K, Hojo M, Yao T, Nagahara A. Endoscopic Diagnosis Strategy of Raspberry-Shaped Gastric Lesion in Helicobacter Pylori-Uninfected Patient. J Clin Med 2023; 12:5437. [PMID: 37685504 PMCID: PMC10488238 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12175437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES We aimed to clarify the endoscopic and clinicopathological features of raspberry-shaped gastric lesions (RSGLs) and to establish an endoscopic diagnostic algorithm for RSGLs. METHODS We collected RSGLs from an endoscopic database at our hospital between May 2009 and August 2021. All RSGLs were histopathologically classified and compared based on their endoscopic and clinicopathological characteristics. RESULTS Sixty-five RSGLs in 54 patients were classified into five histopathological types: gastric adenocarcinoma of foveolar type (GA-FV, n = 43), gastric adenocarcinoma of fundic-gland type (GA-FG, n = 2), gastric adenocarcinoma of fundic-gland mucosa type (GA-FGM, n = 4), hyperplastic polyp (HP, n = 12), and proton pump inhibitor-related lesion (PPI-L, n = 4). All RSGLs exhibited polygonal or curved marginal crypt epithelium (MCE). GA-FV lesions had homogenously reddish (95%) and an irregular microvascular (MV) pattern (91%). GA-FG lesions were heterogeneously reddish with a submucosal tumor shape (100%) and had a regular MV pattern (50%). GA-FGM lesions were homogen+ously reddish (75%) and occasionally had a submucosal tumor shape (50%) with an irregular MV pattern (75%). HPs and PPI-Ls were homogeneously reddish (93%), with linear or dotted MCE (81%) and a regular MV pattern (100%). CONCLUSION Our diagnostic algorithm for RSGLs constructed using endoscopic features might be useful for the endoscopic differential diagnosis of RSGLs.
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- Nobuyuki Suzuki
- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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- Department of Human Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (N.S.)
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Naka T, Hashimoto T, Yoshida T, Yatabe Y, Sekine S. KLF4 c.A1322C Mutation Is a Consistent and Specific Genetic Feature of Raspberry-like Foveolar-type Adenoma of the Stomach. Am J Surg Pathol 2023; 47:521-523. [PMID: 36729478 DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000002012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Departments of Diagnostic Pathology
- Division of Molecular Pathology National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Departments of Diagnostic Pathology
- Division of Molecular Pathology National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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