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Cancer tissues generally displayed moderate cytoplasmic positivity. Several cases of embryonal carcinomas of testis, urothelial, renal and hepatocellular carcinomas showed strong reactivity.
Most breast, colorectal and thyroid cancers showed moderate to strong membranous and cytoplasmic positivity. A majority of prostate, ovarian and testicular cancers displayed moderate staining. Gliomas, lymphomas, lung and renal cancers were negative.
Most cancer tissues displayed moderate to strong cytoplasmic positivity with additional membranous staining in several cases. Lymphomas, gliomas, melanomas and skin cancers were negative.
Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
The protein encoded by this gene contains more than thirty transmembrane domains and likely functions as part of mechanically-activated (MA) cation channels. These channels serve to connect mechanical forces to biological signals. The encoded protein quickly adapts MA currents in somatosensory neurons. Defects in this gene are a cause of type 5 distal arthrogryposis. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but their full-length nature is not known. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2014]