The emerging phenotype of the testicular carcinoma in situ germ cell

APMIS : Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica, Et Immunologica Scandinavica
E Rajpert-De MeytsNiels E Skakkebaek

Abstract

This review summarises the existing knowledge on the phenotype of the carcinoma in situ (CIS) cell. CIS is a common pre-invasive precursor of testicular germ cell tumours of adolescents and young adults. These tumours display a variety of histological forms. Classical seminoma proliferates along the germ cell lineage, whereas embryonal carcinoma retains embryonic features and readily differentiates into teratomas that resemble various somatic cell lineages. A thorough review of the gene expression in CIS cells in comparison to normal testicular germ cells and overt tumours supports the view that CIS is a common precursor for both tumour types. Impaired cell differentiation resulting in a partial retention of the embryonic features, associated with an increasing genomic instability may be responsible for a remarkable phenotypic heterogeneity of CIS cells. Depending on the degree of differentiation and pluripotency, CIS cells found in adult patients seem to be predestined for further malignant progression into one or the other of the two main types of overt tumours. A new concept of phenotypic continuity of differentiation of germ cells along germinal lineage with a gradual loss of embryonic features based on the analysis of gene...Continue Reading

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