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. 1990 Jun;61(6):836–840. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1990.187

Glutathione S-transferase expression in fetal kidney and Wilms' tumour.

D J Harrison 1, L Hallam 1, J Lauder 1
PMCID: PMC1971671  PMID: 2164834

Abstract

The glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) have been implicated in carcinogenesis and tumour drug-therapy resistance. In this study GST pi was the predominant isoenzyme in the fetal human kidney. It was present in differentiated epithelial structures but never in the primitive mesenchyme. By contrast most cases of Wilms' tumours showed GST pi in both epithelial structures and undifferentiated blastema. The level of expression, as assessed by immunostaining, was no more than moderate, and was generally higher in differentiated elements. In only one case was GST alpha found in Wilms' tumour. This study had demonstrated a difference between fetal kidney and Wilms' tumour blastema in terms of GST expression.

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