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Thyroid cancers along with few cases of prostate and stomach cancers displayed moderate to strong cytoplasmic staining. Remaining cancer tissues were weakly stained or negative.
Most cancer tissues showed weak to moderate cytoplasmic positivity with additional membranous staining in several tissues. Majority of skin cancers, several urothelial, few breast, pancreatic, stomach, cervical and colorectal cancers displayed strong immunoreactivity. Several gliomas, melanomas, renal cell carcinomas and hepatocellular carcinomas were negative.
Most cancer cells showed moderate cytoplasmic staining. Lymphomas generally showed weak immunoreactivity.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
TANK (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
I-TRAF, TRAF2
Description
TRAF family member-associated NFKB activator (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
The TRAF (tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor) family of proteins associate with and transduce signals from members of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily. The protein encoded by this gene is found in the cytoplasm and can bind to TRAF1, TRAF2, or TRAF3, thereby inhibiting TRAF function by sequestering the TRAFs in a latent state in the cytoplasm. For example, the protein encoded by this gene can block TRAF2 binding to LMP1, the Epstein-Barr virus transforming protein, and inhibit LMP1-mediated NF-kappa-B activation. Three alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2010]