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'''p63''' is a commonly used [[immunostain]].
{{ Infobox immunostain
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = High_grade_squamous_intraepithelial_lesion_-_2_-_p63_--_intermed_mag.jpg
| Width      =
| Caption    = p63 staining in squamous epithelium with dysplasia.
| Abbrev    =
| Synonyms  =
| Similar    = [[p40]] (more [[specificity|specific]] for squamous cell carcinoma)
| Clones    =     
| Use        = breast pathology (invasion vs. in situ), prostate pathology (HGPIN vs. cancer), lung (adenocarcinoma vs. squamous)
| Subspecial = 
| Pattern    = nuclear staining
| Positive  = [[squamous cell carcinoma]], [[urothelial carcinoma]]
| Negative  = [[prostate carcinoma]], most [[lung adenocarcinoma]], breast carcinoma
| Other      =
}}
'''p63''' is a commonly used [[immunostain]].  p63, like most other "p" stains, is a nuclear stain.


==Classic use==
==Pattern==
Subtype marker:  
*Nuclear staining.
*Stains basal cells in a normal squamous epithelium.
**Superficial cells are typically negative.
**In dysplasia, the staining is seen more superficially,<ref name=pmid19700941>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Houghton | first1 = O. | last2 = McCluggage | first2 = WG. | title = The expression and diagnostic utility of p63 in the female genital tract. | journal = Adv Anat Pathol | volume = 16 | issue = 5 | pages = 316-21 | month = Sep | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181b507c6 | PMID = 19700941 }}</ref> as one might expect as most squamous carcinomas are positive for p63.
 
Note:
*Cytoplasmic staining suggestive of muscle differentiation - seen in [[rhabdomyosarcoma]].<ref name=pmid21623385>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Martin | first1 = SE. | last2 = Temm | first2 = CJ. | last3 = Goheen | first3 = MP. | last4 = Ulbright | first4 = TM. | last5 = Hattab | first5 = EM. | title = Cytoplasmic p63 immunohistochemistry is a useful marker for muscle differentiation: an immunohistochemical and immunoelectron microscopic study. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 10 | pages = 1320-6 | month = Oct | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2011.89 | PMID = 21623385 }}</ref>
 
==Staining==
===Positive - common use===
*Marker of [[squamous cell carcinoma]].
*Marker of [[squamous cell carcinoma]].
*[[Urothelial carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid15976812>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lewis | first1 = JS. | last2 = Ritter | first2 = JH. | last3 = El-Mofty | first3 = S. | title = Alternative epithelial markers in sarcomatoid carcinomas of the head and neck, lung, and bladder-p63, MOC-31, and TTF-1. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 18 | issue = 11 | pages = 1471-81 | month = Nov | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3800451 | PMID = 15976812 | URL = http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v18/n11/full/3800451a.html}}</ref>
*[[Small cell carcinoma of the lung]] ~80% of cases.<ref name=pmid15551738>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Au | first1 = NH. | last2 = Gown | first2 = AM. | last3 = Cheang | first3 = M. | last4 = Huntsman | first4 = D. | last5 = Yorida | first5 = E. | last6 = Elliott | first6 = WM. | last7 = Flint | first7 = J. | last8 = English | first8 = J. | last9 = Gilks | first9 = CB. | title = P63 expression in lung carcinoma: a tissue microarray study of 408 cases. | journal = Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol | volume = 12 | issue = 3 | pages = 240-7 | month = Sep | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1097/00129039-200409000-00010 | PMID = 15551738 }}</ref>


===Invasive versus in situ===
Thresholding (invasive vs. pre-invasive):
Thresholding (invasive vs. pre-invasive):
*Prostate basal cell marker.
*Prostate basal cell marker.
*Breast myoepithelial cell marker.
*Breast myoepithelial cell marker.
===Negative===
[[Image:Poorly differentiated carcinoma -- p63 - intermed mag.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Negative p63 staining in a poorly differentiated [[carcinoma]].]]
*[[Malignant mesothelioma]].<ref name=pmid18064689>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pu | first1 = RT. | last2 = Pang | first2 = Y. | last3 = Michael | first3 = CW. | title = Utility of WT-1, p63, MOC31, mesothelin, and cytokeratin (K903 and CK5/6) immunostains in differentiating adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and malignant mesothelioma in effusions. | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 36 | issue = 1 | pages = 20-5 | month = Jan | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1002/dc.20747 | PMID = 18064689 }}</ref>
*[[Breast carcinoma]].
*[[Prostatic carcinoma]].


==Non-classic tumours==
==Non-classic tumours==
*Di Como ''et al''<ref name=pmid11839669>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Di Como | first1 = CJ. | last2 = Urist | first2 = MJ. | last3 = Babayan | first3 = I. | last4 = Drobnjak | first4 = M. | last5 = Hedvat | first5 = CV. | last6 = Teruya-Feldstein | first6 = J. | last7 = Pohar | first7 = K. | last8 = Hoos | first8 = A. | last9 = Cordon-Cardo | first9 = C. | title = p63 expression profiles in human normal and tumor tissues. | journal = Clin Cancer Res | volume = 8 | issue = 2 | pages = 494-501 | month = Feb | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 11839669 }}</ref> looked at a large cross-section of tumour.   
*Di Como ''et al''<ref name=pmid11839669>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Di Como | first1 = CJ. | last2 = Urist | first2 = MJ. | last3 = Babayan | first3 = I. | last4 = Drobnjak | first4 = M. | last5 = Hedvat | first5 = CV. | last6 = Teruya-Feldstein | first6 = J. | last7 = Pohar | first7 = K. | last8 = Hoos | first8 = A. | last9 = Cordon-Cardo | first9 = C. | title = p63 expression profiles in human normal and tumor tissues. | journal = Clin Cancer Res | volume = 8 | issue = 2 | pages = 494-501 | month = Feb | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 11839669 }}</ref> looked at a large cross-section of tumours.   
*Jo and Fletcher<ref name=pmid22031315>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jo | first1 = VY. | last2 = Fletcher | first2 = CD. | title = p63 immunohistochemical staining is limited in soft tissue tumors. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 136 | issue = 5 | pages = 762-6 | month = Nov | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1309/AJCPXNUC7JZSKWEU | PMID = 22031315 }}</ref> did a paper on [[soft tissue lesions]] and p63.
*Jo and Fletcher<ref name=pmid22031315>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jo | first1 = VY. | last2 = Fletcher | first2 = CD. | title = p63 immunohistochemical staining is limited in soft tissue tumors. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 136 | issue = 5 | pages = 762-6 | month = Nov | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1309/AJCPXNUC7JZSKWEU | PMID = 22031315 }}</ref> did a paper on [[soft tissue lesions]] and p63.
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[Stains]].
*[[Stains]].


[[Category:Immunostains]]
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
 
[[Category:Immunohistochemistry]]
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