Research Article

The Oncoplacental Gene Placenta-Specific Protein 1 Is Highly Expressed in Endometrial Tumors and Cell Lines

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients and cancer cell lines used in this study.
(a) Endometrial cancer patient panel

ID no.AgeTumor typeStageGrade

BE22645Benign endometrium
BE22746Benign endometrium
BE24332Benign endometrium
BE25343Benign endometrium

EA4571Endometrioid adenocarcinoma2IB
EA5484Endometrioid adenocarcinoma2IB
EA6849Endometrioid adenocarcinoma2IIB
EA6958Endometrioid adenocarcinoma1IB
EA7062Endometrioid adenocarcinoma1IB
EA7474Endometrioid adenocarcinoma2IA
EA8144Endometrioid adenocarcinoma1IA
EA8385Endometrioid adenocarcinoma1IA
EA11555Endometrioid adenocarcinoma2IB

SA4860Serous adenocarcinoma3IVB
SA7283Serous adenocarcinoma3IIIC
SA7987Serous adenocarcinoma3IIIC
SA9385Serous adenocarcinoma3IIIC
SA16981Serous adenocarcinoma3II
SA17871Serous adenocarcinoma3IC
SA20870Serous adenocarcinoma3IA
SA28983Serous adenocarcinoma3IIIC2

CS563Carcinosarcoma3IIIC
CS2177Carcinosarcoma3IC
CS3261Carcinosarcoma3IIIC
CS11447Carcinosarcoma3IIIC
CS33578Carcinosarcoma3IA
CS35254Carcinosarcoma3IA
CS35560Carcinosarcoma3IIIA

(b) Endometrial cancer cell lines

Cell lineAgeTumor typeSourceReference

Ishikawa H39Endometrioid adenocarcinoma Gift [12]
ECC-168Endometrioid adenocarcinoma* ATCC [13]
KLE64Endometrioid adenocarcinoma ATCC [14]
RL95-265Adenosquamous carcinoma ATCC [15]
Hec50conaEndometrioid adenocarcinoma# In-house [16]
AN3CA55Endometrioid adenocarcinoma mets ATCC [17]
SK-UT-1b75Leiomyosarcoma ATCC [18]

tumor from luminal epithelium.
#will produce serous tumors in mouse explants.
associated with a primary diagnosis of acanthosis nigricans.