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The fact that anti-MCM2 more frequently stains metaplastic cells at the epithelial surface suggests that it is more likely than anti-Ki-67 to detect exfoliated proliferating epithelial cells in cytological specimens such as sputum.
Thus, metaplastic lesions are frequently associated with chronic inflammation as exemplified by the presence of such lesions in 27% of current smokers but only 7% of former smokers [ 7].
In premalignant lesions, evaluation of the staining by the two antibodies (Table 1) revealed significantly ( p < 0.001) more frequent staining of nuclei within metaplastic lesions by antibodies against MCM2 than by antibodies against Ki-67.
It has also been documented that prostate epithelial cells exhibited squamous metaplastic phenotype during vitamin A deficiency [ 7 ] , and prostate cell carcinogenesis could be prevented by retinoic acid (RA) and its analogs in vitro [ 8 9 10 ] . These findings suggest that retinoid-dependent cellular events were involved in tumorigenic transformation of prostate epithelial cells.
Diffuse metaplastic lesions commonly precede cancers.