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Publication Do morphologic characteristics play a role in nodal metastatic progression of well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors?(Sage Publications Ltd, 2020-07-24) Hasdemir, Seçil; HASDEMİR, SEÇİL; Ugraş, Nesrin; UĞRAŞ, NESRİN; Yerci, Omer; YERCİ, ÖMER; Tasar, Pınar; TAŞAR, PINAR; Dundar, Halit Ziya; DÜNDAR, HALİT ZİYA; Macunluoğlu, Aslı Ceren; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/ Genel Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı.; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Patoloji Anabilim Dalı.; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/ Bioistatistik Anabilim Dalı.; 0000-0003-1769-7484; 0000-0002-6802-5998; AAH-2716-2021Background: Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are tumors with histopathologic and prognostic heterogeneity that pose difficulties in establishing standards for diagnosis, classification, and treatment. Among NENs, well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) have been classified as grade 1, 2, and 3 in the most recently released World Health Organization classification. Although well-differentiated NETs are associated with relatively better prognosis, they have a potential for malignant behavior such as extrapancreatic spread, metastasis, or recurrence. The present study aimed to evaluate clinical and histomorphologic findings of patients with well-differentiated pancreatic NETs and to identify histopathologic findings effective in predicting nodal metastatic progression. Methods: The study group consisted of 54 patients diagnosed with well-differentiated NET. All preparations and blocks of the patients were examined for the following histopathologic parameters: tumor diameter, microscopic tumor growth pattern (solid, trabecular, acinar, and mixed), cellular features (clear, eosinophilic, oncocytic, peliotic, and pseudopapillary), stromal changes (calcification, lymphocytic infiltration, and stromal hyalinization), presence of necrosis, perineural invasion, lymphovascular invasion, mitotic activity, and Ki67 proliferative index. Results: Lymph node metastasis was present in 7 patients. Lymph node metastasis was significantly associated with tumor diameter of >2 cm (p= 0.012), Ki67 proliferative index of >20% (p= 0.022), grade 3 tumors (p= 0.002), presence of dense stromal hyalinization (p= 0.034), and mild lymphocytic infiltration (p= 0.041). Conclusion: The present study revealed that the new findings such as presence of dense stromal hyalinization and absence of remarkable lymphocytic infiltration could be predictive morphologic findings for the development of lymph node metastasis.Publication Early-stage colon cancer with high malat1 expression is associated with the 5-fluorouracil resistance and future metastasis(Springer, 2022-07-06) Öztürk, Ersin; Aksoy, Seçil Ak; Tunca, Berrin; TUNCA, BERRİN; Erçelik, Melis; Tezcan, Gulcin; TEZCAN, GÜLÇİN; Çeçener, Gülşah; ÇEÇENER, GÜLŞAH; UĞRAŞ, NESRİN; YILMAZLAR, AHMET TUNCAY; Yerci, Omer; YERCİ, ÖMER; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Tıbbi Biyoloji Anabilim Dalı.; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Patoloji Anabilim Dalı.; 0000-0002-1619-6680; 0000-0002-5956-8755; 0000-0001-8593-5101; 0000-0002-3820-424X; ADM-8457-2022; AAH-3843-2020Background This study aimed to investigate the role of long noncoding RNA (LncRNA) expression profiles to predict relapse and 5-FU response in patients with stage I/II colon cancer (CC). Methods and Results The expression level of 15 LncRNA was analyzed in stage I/II colon tumors of 126 CC patients. To confirm the findings in-vitro, 5FU-resistant HT29 cells were generated by subjecting HT-29 cells to the increasing concentrations of 5FU for 6 months. The 5FU resistance was observed in WST-1 and Annexin V analyses. The colony formation and wound healing assays were assessed to determine the metastatic properties of the cells. Expression levels of LncRNAs and mRNA of EMT-related genes were determined by RT-PCR. The role of LncRNA on metastasis and 5FU sensitivity were confirmed in pcDNA3.0-PTENP1 and si-MALAT1 expressed 5FU-resistant HT29 cell lineages. Results High MALAT1 (p = 0.0002) and low PTENP1 (p = 0.0044) expressions were significantly associated with 5-FU resistance and tumor relapse in stage I/II CC. The invasiveness and colony-forming characteristics of 5-FU-resistant cell lineages were higher as compared to the parent HT-29. Moreover, the expression of MALAT1 (p = 0.0009) was increased while the expression of PTENP1 (p = 0.0158) decreased in 5FU-resistant-HT-29 cells. Si-MALAT1 treatment increased cell sensitivity to 5FU, whereas it decreased invasive behaviors of 5 FU-resistant-HT-29 cells. Conclusion MALAT1 may be a biomarker in predicting recurrence in early-stage CC. Our findings suggest that a cell-based therapy to target MALAT1 could be established for these patients to prevent metastasis and 5-FU resistance.