Profile of p53 Protein Expression in Basal Cell Carcinoma Low-Risk and High-Risk Subtype

Authors

  • Alendra Chakramurty Department of Anatomical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia
  • Meira Dewi Kusuma Astuti Department of Anatomical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia
  • Hermawan Istiadi Department of Anatomical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia
  • Awal Prasetyo Department of Anatomical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia
  • Dik Puspasari Department of Anatomical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37275/bsm.v6i6.538

Keywords:

Basal cell carcinoma, p53, Age, Histopathological degree, Lesion location

Abstract

Background: Basal cell carcinoma is one of the most common cancers in the world, and its incidence is increasing over time. It is estimated that it accounts for three-quarters of all non-melanoma skin cancers, and the incidence increases exponentially in predominantly white areas. The p53 gene is the gene that most undergoes mutations due to sun exposure and is the cause of skin cancer, especially basal cell carcinoma. This finding explains that p53 expression can be used as marker analysis in cases of basal cell carcinoma.

Methods: Observational analytic design was carried out with a cross-sectional. The population and samples were paraffin blocks which histopathologically diagnosed Basal Cell Carcinoma in the anatomical pathology laboratory, Dr. Kariadi General Hospital Semarang. Samples were processed by the p53 immunohistochemical staining method. The p53 expression was given a quantitative score to be 0 = negative, 1-2 = low, 3-4 = high. The expression of p53 was considered positive when it was colored in the cell nucleus. The correlation between variables was analyzed by Spearman and Mann Whitney correlation test.

Results: There is no correlation between p53 expression and the age of p53 patients with p = 0.390 (p > 0.05). There is no correlation between p53 expression and lesion location with p = 0.817 (p > 0.05) There is no difference significant, between p53 expression and gender with p = 0.576 (p > 0.05).

Conclusion: There is no correlation between high and low-risk Basal Cell Carcinoma subtype associated with age, gender, and lesion location.

Authors

  • Alendra Chakramurty1*
  • Meira Dewi Kusuma Astuti1
  • Hermawan Istiadi1
  • Awal Prasetyo1
  • Dik Puspasari1
  1. 1Department of Anatomical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia

Corresponding author Alendra Chakramurty — alendrachakram17@gmail.com

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2022-05-09

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Chakramurty A, Meira Dewi Kusuma Astuti, Hermawan Istiadi, Awal Prasetyo, Dik Puspasari. Profile of p53 Protein Expression in Basal Cell Carcinoma Low-Risk and High-Risk Subtype. Bioscmed [Internet]. 2022 May 9 [cited 2026 Aug. 12];6(6):1951-8. Available from: https://bioscmed.com/index.php/bsm/article/view/538

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