Zeinab Ibrahim Helmy Elshawarby
Asst. Professor
321 Evaluating Diagnostic and Prognostic Significance of Steroidogenic Factor-1(SF1) and Gherlin in Differentiation between Adrenocortical Adenoma, Adrenocortical Carcinoma and Pheochromocytoma
• 2024
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Zeinab I.Elshawarby, Eman A.Saad, Naglaa H.Shalan
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Abstract
Background: Adrenal masses are a common finding in the adrenal gland. Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF1) is a nuclear transcription factor that regulates genes involved in gonadal and adrenal steroidogenesis. Ghrelin is a ligand of growth hormone secretagogue receptor type 1 (GHS-R1). The principal role of ghrelin is to regulate energy homeostasis and secretion of growth hormone. Aim: to differentiate adrenocortical adenoma, carcinoma and pheochromocytoma immunohistochemically using steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1) and gherlin expression and evaluate their diagnostic and prognostic significance in relation to various clinicopathologic parameters.Material and methods: This is retrospective study carried upon 45 of different cases of adrenal gland lesions designated as: 20 cases of adrenocortical adenomas(ACA) and 10 cases of adrenocortical carcinomas(ACC) and 15 cases of pheochromocytoma . Immunohistochemical staining techniques were used to detect the role of SF-1 and gherlin in the forementioned adrenal gland lesions and evaluate their relations to different clinicopathological data and patient’s survival.
