Review Article

Interleukin-19 in Breast Cancer

Table 1

Tumor cells stained for IL-19 in neoplastic tissue.

Tumor TypeIL-19 Immunostaining

(1) Skin, SCC+
(2) Buccal mucosa, SCC++
(3) Tongue, SCC++
(4) Esophagus, SCC++
(5) Lung, SCC+
(6) Breast, IDC++
(7) Liver, HCC+
(8) Kidney, RCC+
(9) Ovary, clear cell carcinoma+
(10) Bladder, TCC +/−
(11) Thyroid, papillary carcinoma+/−
(12) Thymus, thymic carcinoma+/−
(13) Lymph node, B cell lymphoma+/−
(14) Stomach, adenocarcinoma
(15) Colon, adenocarcinoma

++: strongly stained; +: moderately stained; +/−: weakly stained; −: not stained.
SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; IDC: infiltrating duct carcinoma; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; RCC: renal cell carcinoma; TCC: transitional cell carcinoma.
The table refers to Hsing et al. [22].