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Cancer tissues displayed weak to moderate nuclear staining with additional cytoplasmic and membranous positivity in few tissues. Thyroid carcinomas along with rare case of lymphoma, lung, urothelial, pancreas and liver cancers were strongly stained. Several cases of melanomas, testicular and renal cancers were negative.
Cancer tissues showed weak to moderate cytoplasmic staining with additional nuclear positivity in several cases. Thyroid cancers displayed strong nuclear and cytoplasmic positivity. A majority of colorectal cancers along with a few cases of melanomas, liver, pancreas and lung cancers displayed strong cytoplasmic immunoreactivity.
Most cancer cells showed moderate to strong cytoplasmic with additional nuclear and/or membranous immunoreactivity in several cases. Several lymphomas, melanomas and prostate cancers were weakly stained or negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
ADK (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
AK
Description
Adenosine kinase (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene an enzyme which catalyzes the transfer of the gamma-phosphate from ATP to adenosine, thereby serving as a regulator of concentrations of both extracellular adenosine and intracellular adenine nucleotides. Adenosine has widespread effects on the cardiovascular, nervous, respiratory, and immune systems and inhibitors of the enzyme could play an important pharmacological role in increasing intravascular adenosine concentrations and acting as anti-inflammatory agents. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2011]
Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Predicted intracellular proteins Disease related genes FDA approved drug targets Small molecule drugs Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Predicted intracellular proteins Disease related genes FDA approved drug targets Small molecule drugs Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Predicted intracellular proteins Disease related genes FDA approved drug targets Small molecule drugs Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Predicted intracellular proteins Disease related genes FDA approved drug targets Small molecule drugs Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)