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Several cases of prostate and liver cancers along with a few cases of pancreatic, gastric and ovarian cancers displayed moderate to strong membranous positivity. Remaining cancer tissues were generally negative.
Cancer tissues showed weak to moderate cytoplasmic positivity and additional membranous staining in a few cases . Rare cases of colorectal, endometrial, pancreatic, renal, gastric and urothelial cancers displayed strong cytoplasmic and membranous staining. Few cases of lymphomas and duct carcinomas of breast displayed strong cytoplasmic positivity.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
SLC2A6 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
GLUT6, GLUT9, HSA011372
Description
Solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter), member 6 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
Hexose transport into mammalian cells is catalyzed by a family of membrane proteins, including SLC2A6, that contain 12 transmembrane domains and a number of critical conserved residues.[supplied by OMIM, Jul 2002]