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Melanomas, hepatocellular carcinomas and prostate cancers along with several pancreatic cancers showed moderate to strong cytoplasmic positivity. Weak to moderate staining was observed in several cases of malignant gliomas, lymphomas, lung, gastric and colorectal cancers. Remaining cancer tissues were mainly negative.
Most malignant cells displayed weak to moderate cytoplasmic immunoreactivity. Hepatocellular carcinomas and a few pancreatic cancers were strongly stained. Several renal cancers and malignant lymphomas were negative.
The product of this gene belongs to the CLC chloride channel family of proteins. Chloride channels play important roles in the plasma membrane and in intracellular organelles. This gene encodes chloride channel 7. Defects in this gene are the cause of osteopetrosis autosomal recessive type 4 (OPTB4), also called infantile malignant osteopetrosis type 2 as well as the cause of autosomal dominant osteopetrosis type 2 (OPTA2), also called autosomal dominant Albers-Schonberg disease or marble disease autosoml dominant. Osteopetrosis is a rare genetic disease characterized by abnormally dense bone, due to defective resorption of immature bone. OPTA2 is the most common form of osteopetrosis, occurring in adolescence or adulthood. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]