0 10 Expression expression NN 11 13 of of IN 14 17 the the DT 18 28 nucleoside nucleoside NN 29 40 diphosphate diphosphate NN 41 47 kinase kinase NNP 48 50 in in IN 51 56 human human JJ 57 61 skin skin NN 62 69 cancers cancer NNS 69 70 : : : 71 73 an an DT 74 93 immunohistochemical immunohistochemical JJ 94 99 study study NN 99 100 . . . 102 112 Expression expression NN 113 115 of of IN 116 126 nucleoside nucleoside NN 127 143 diphosphate(NDP) diphosphate(NDP) NNP 144 150 kinase kinase NNP 150 151 , , , 152 157 which which WDT 158 160 is be VBZ 161 171 homologous homologous JJ 172 174 to to TO 175 178 the the DT 179 183 nm23 nm23 NN 184 188 gene gene NN 189 196 product product NN 197 199 in in IN 200 201 a a DT 202 209 variety variety NN 210 212 of of IN 213 220 species specie NNS 220 221 , , , 222 225 has have VBZ 226 230 been be VBN 231 236 found find VBN 237 239 to to TO 240 242 be be VB 243 252 inversely inversely RB 253 263 associated associate VBN 264 268 with with IN 269 279 metastatic metastatic JJ 280 289 potential potential NN 289 290 . . . 291 298 However however RB 298 299 , , , 300 303 the the DT 304 316 relationship relationship NN 317 324 remains remain VBZ 325 338 controversial controversial JJ 339 348 according accord VBG 349 351 to to TO 352 355 the the DT 356 361 tumor tumor NN 362 366 cell cell NN 367 372 types type NNS 373 376 and and CC 377 389 experimental experimental JJ 390 396 system system NN 396 397 , , , 398 402 with with IN 403 414 conflicting conflict VBG 415 422 results result NNS 423 427 from from IN 428 437 different different JJ 438 446 research research NN 447 453 groups group NNS 453 454 . . . 455 457 In in IN 458 463 order order NN 464 466 to to TO 467 476 determine determine VB 477 484 whether whether IN 485 488 NDP NDP NNP 489 495 kinase kinase NNP 496 506 expression expression NN 507 513 serves serve VBZ 514 516 as as IN 517 518 a a DT 519 525 marker marker NN 526 529 for for IN 530 540 metastatic metastatic JJ 541 550 potential potential NN 551 553 in in IN 554 559 human human JJ 560 564 skin skin NN 565 571 cancer cancer NN 571 572 , , , 573 575 we we PRP 576 584 assessed assess VBD 585 588 the the DT 589 595 levels level NNS 596 598 of of IN 599 602 NDP NDP NNP 603 609 kinase kinase NNP 610 620 expression expression NN 621 623 in in IN 624 625 9 9 CD 626 642 keratoacanthomas keratoacanthoma NNS 643 644 ( ( ( 644 647 KAs KA NNP 647 648 ) ) ) 648 649 , , , 650 652 26 26 CD 653 661 squamous squamous JJ 662 666 cell cell NN 667 677 carcinomas carcinoma NNS 678 679 ( ( ( 679 683 SCCs SCC NNP 683 684 ) ) ) 684 685 , , , 686 689 and and CC 690 692 25 25 CD 693 698 basal basal JJ 699 703 cell cell NN 704 714 carcinomas carcinoma NNS 715 716 ( ( ( 716 720 BCCs BCC NNP 720 721 ) ) ) 722 727 using use VBG 728 748 immunohistochemistry immunohistochemistry NN 748 749 . . . 750 753 The the DT 754 764 expression expression NN 765 767 of of IN 768 771 NDP NDP NNP 772 778 kinase kinase NNP 779 782 was be VBD 783 790 intense intense JJ 791 793 in in IN 794 796 KA KA NNP 797 800 and and CC 801 804 SCC SCC NNP 805 813 compared compare VBN 814 818 with with IN 819 822 BCC BCC NNP 822 823 . . . 824 831 However however RB 831 832 , , , 833 836 the the DT 837 847 difference difference NN 848 850 of of IN 851 854 NDP NDP NNP 855 861 kinase kinase NNP 862 872 expression expression NN 873 880 between between IN 881 883 KA KA NNP 884 887 and and CC 888 891 SCC SCC NNP 892 895 was be VBD 896 899 not not RB 900 913 statistically statistically RB 914 925 significant significant JJ 925 926 . . . 927 930 And and CC 931 936 there there EX 937 940 was be VBD 941 943 no no DT 944 957 statistically statistically RB 958 969 significant significant JJ 970 980 difference difference NN 981 983 in in IN 984 987 NDP NDP NNP 988 994 kinase kinase NNP 995 1005 expression expression NN 1006 1013 between between IN 1014 1017 SCC SCC NNP 1018 1022 with with IN 1023 1033 metastasis metastasis NN 1034 1037 and and CC 1038 1041 SCC SCC NNP 1042 1049 without without IN 1050 1060 metastasis metastasis NN 1060 1061 . . . 1062 1065 Our our PRP$ 1066 1073 results result NNS 1074 1084 contradict contradict VBP 1085 1088 the the DT 1089 1099 hypothesis hypothesis NN 1100 1110 concerning concern VBG 1111 1114 the the DT 1115 1123 possible possible JJ 1124 1128 role role NN 1129 1131 of of IN 1132 1136 nm23 nm23 NN 1137 1141 gene gene NN 1142 1144 as as IN 1145 1146 a a DT 1147 1157 metastatic metastatic JJ 1158 1168 suppressor suppressor NN 1169 1173 gene gene NN 1174 1176 in in IN 1177 1182 human human JJ 1183 1187 skin skin NN 1188 1194 cancer cancer NN 1194 1195 . . . 1196 1199 The the DT 1200 1209 mechanism mechanism NN 1210 1212 of of IN 1213 1227 overexpression overexpression NN 1228 1230 in in IN 1231 1238 various various JJ 1239 1244 tumor tumor NN 1245 1249 cell cell NN 1250 1255 types type NNS 1256 1259 and and CC 1260 1263 its its PRP$ 1264 1274 biological biological JJ 1275 1287 significance significance NN 1288 1290 in in IN 1291 1300 cutaneous cutaneous JJ 1301 1315 carcinogenesis carcinogenesis NN 1316 1322 remain remain VBP 1323 1325 to to TO 1326 1328 be be VB 1329 1339 determined determine VBN 1339 1340 . . .