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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Assessing proliferative activity and glucose metabolism in cells of salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma using different grading systems

Familia Frias DR1, Visaitova ZYu2, Tigay YuO1, Ivina AA1, Babichenko II1,2
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1 Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

2 National Medical Research Center of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Diana Rosina Familia Frias
Mikluho-Maklaya, 21, bld. 2, Moscow, 117198, Russia; moc.liamg@62ffrd

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Author contribution: Babichenko II — study concept and design; Familia Frias DR, Tigay YuO, Visaitova ZYu — data acquisition and processing; Familia Frias DR — manuscript writing; Babichenko II, Ivina AA — editing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ehics Committee of RUDN (protocol No. 3 dated 11 March 2025).

Received: 2025-03-13 Accepted: 2025-03-27 Published online: 2025-04-11
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Fig. 1. MEC, hematoxylin and eosin stain ×100 (A). Immunohistochemical reaction with antibody against Ki-67 ×200 (B). GLUT1 cytoplasm staining in epidermoid and intermediate cells, weak response in mucin-producing cells ×100 (C). High proliferative activity based on Ki-67 in epidermoid cells ×400 (D). Intense GLUT1 cytoplasmic membrane staining in epidermoid cells ×200 (E). IHC reaction with the background Mayer's hematoxylin DAB stain
Table 1. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma grading systems
Note: n/a — not applicable.
Table 2. Pairwise comparison (Dunn–Bonferroni test)
Table 3. Correlation between GLUT1 and Ki-67 and tumor grades