CELLULAR RETINOIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN (CRABP I) EXPRESSIONAND CELL PROLIFERATION IN PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS

V.V. Delektorskaya, G.Yu. Chemeris, Ya.A. Kainov, N.A. Kozlov, I.B. Zborovskaya
Federal State Budgetary Institution «The N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center» of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Protein expression of CRABP I (Сellular Retinoic Acid Binding Protein I) was investigated by immunohistochemical analysis in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Relationship of CRABPI expression to clinical features, cell proliferation activity level and metastatic potential was analyzed.
Keywords: 
neuroendocrine tumor, pancreas, Сellular Retinoic Acid Binding Protein I (CRABP I), cell proliferation, immunohistochemistry