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Several cases of malignant glioma along with few endometrial, ovarian, urothelial and renal cancer displayed moderate to strong cytoplasmic and nuclear/nuclear membrane positivity. Majority of cases malignant melanoma displayed strong cytoplasmic staining. Remaining malignant tissues were weakly stained or negative.
Malignant tissues were generally negative. Many gliomas, endometrial cancers and a few melanomas showed weak to moderate cytoplasmic immunoreactivity.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
IGFBP7 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
FSTL2, IGFBP-7, MAC25, PSF
Description
Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a member of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein (IGFBP) family. IGFBPs bind IGFs with high affinity, and regulate IGF availability in body fluids and tissues and modulate IGF binding to its receptors. This protein binds IGF-I and IGF-II with relatively low affinity, and belongs to a subfamily of low-affinity IGFBPs. It also stimulates prostacyclin production and cell adhesion. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene, and one variant has been associated with retinal arterial macroaneurysm (PMID:21835307). [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2011]