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Cancer cells generally showed moderate cytoplasmic staining which often showed a granular pattern. Papillary adenocarcinomas of thyroid and a few cases of breast cancers displayed strong positivity. Lymphomas were negative.
Several cases of lung adenocarcinomas showed strong cytoplasmic immunoreactivity. A few cases of hepatocellular carcinomas were moderately stained. Remaining cancer cells were weakly stained or negative.
The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the acetyltransferase family, and is a rate-limiting enzyme in the catabolic pathway of polyamine metabolism. It catalyzes the acetylation of spermidine and spermine, and is involved in the regulation of the intracellular concentration of polyamines and their transport out of cells. Defects in this gene are associated with keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans (KFSD). Alternatively spliced transcripts have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]