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A majority of malignancies showed moderate cytoplasmic positivity. Several cases of colorectal cancers along with a few cases of renal, stomach and pancreatic cancers were strongly stained. Some cases of squamous cell carcinomas showed additional nuclear positivity while membranous positivity was observed in pancreatic cancers. Malignant gliomas and lymphomas were weakly stained or negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
UNC45A (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
GC-UNC45, SMAP-1
Description
Unc-45 myosin chaperone A (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
UNC45A plays a role in cell proliferation and myoblast fusion, binds progesterone receptor (PGR; MIM 607311) and HSP90 (HSPCA; MIM 140571), and acts as a regulator of the progesterone receptor chaperoning pathway (Price et al., 2002 [PubMed 12356907]; Chadli et al., 2006 [PubMed 16478993]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]