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Skin and cervical cancers along with squamous cell carcinomas of lung, head and neck, uterine cervix and several urothelial cancers showed moderate to strong cytoplasmic positivity. Other cancer tissues were negative.
Squamous cell carcinomas and urothelial cancer showed strong cytoplasmic with occasional membranous positvity. Adenocarcinomas and non-epithelial cancers were generally negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
KRT5 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
EBS2, KRT5A
Description
Keratin 5, type II (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin gene family. The type II cytokeratins consist of basic or neutral proteins which are arranged in pairs of heterotypic keratin chains coexpressed during differentiation of simple and stratified epithelial tissues. This type II cytokeratin is specifically expressed in the basal layer of the epidermis with family member KRT14. Mutations in these genes have been associated with a complex of diseases termed epidermolysis bullosa simplex. The type II cytokeratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q12-q13. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]