Background/aims: Friend leukemia virus integration-1 expression has been shown in a variety of tumors, including vascular tumors, desmoplastic small round cell tumor, Merkel cell carcinoma, and lymphoblastic lymphoma, in addition to Ewing's sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor. The aim of the current study was to examine Friend leukemia virus integration-1 protein expression in a series of gastrointestinal stromal tumors and also to assess if Friend leukemia virus integration-1 has any role in the disease process. It is the first study analyzing Friend leukemia virus integration-1 expression in gastrointestinal stromal tumors in the English literature.
Methods: A tissue microarray block containing 52 cases of gastrointestinal stromal tumors was done. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed for Friend leukemia virus integration-1 polyclonal antibody.
Results: Immunohistochemically, Friend leukemia virus integration-1 was negative in all cases.
Conclusions: Friend leukemia virus integration-1 can be expressed in a variety of tumors, and is helpful in making the diagnosis of Ewing's sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor. We think that this protein is not expressed in gastrointestinal stromal tumors and it is not a part of the pathogenesis of this disease.