Augustus 2022: The most apical portion of polarised epithelial and endothelial cells contains tight junctions, which are specialised membrane domains. The transmembrane proteins known as claudins, which are essential parts of tight junctions and have extracellular loops, are prospective targets for both diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. They might be crucial in the development of tumours and inflammation. In several epithelial malignancies, changes in claudin expression have been demonstrated to promote tumour growth, affect signalling cascades, and impair tight junction function. Tight junctions are damaged in malignancies, and claudin proteins lose their main function. Many malignancies, such as gastric cancer (GC), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), biliary tract cancer (BTC), breast cancer, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cancer (PC), longkanker wat nie klein is nie (NSCLC), and mesothelioma, have improperly regulated claudins.
GC and PC are two malignancies that frequently express claudin 18.2, a member of the claudin family. Except for the gastric mucosa, healthy tissues do not express claudin 18.2. A highly effective chimeric IgG1 mAb that binds to claudin 18.2 on the surface of tumour cells, zolbetuximab, was recently created and is being tested in clinical studies. Notably, zolbetuximab plus standard chemotherapy as a first-line therapy increased median survival in claudin 18.2-expressing GC patients compared to chemotherapy alone in a phase II trial (NCT01630083). This encouraging finding shows that in order to expand the clinical applicability of this innovative drug to treat various cancer types, kliniese proewe utilising it are required. The widespread expression of claudin 18.2 is a significant and remarkable finding for the treatment of cancer given that patients who are positive for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and who are currently being treated with the novel agent trastuzumab make up only 10-15% of all cases of GC (21).
Die status van claudin 18.2 in verskeie tumortipes is nie deeglik ondersoek met behulp van immunohistochemie nie, wat betekenisvol is (IHC). Ons het 'n voornemende claudin 18.2 IHC-ondersoek gedoen in 'n groep pasiënte met verskillende soliede kankergewasse om na die funksie van claudin 18.2 as 'n biomerker te kyk.
