Expression of the PDGF α-receptor 1.5 kb transcript, OCT-4, and c-KIT in human normal and malignant tissues. Implications for the early diagnosis of testicular germ cell tumours and for our understanding of regulatory mechanisms

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 467-477

  Palumbo, Camilla ^a,b   Van Roozendaal, Kees ^a   Gillis, Ad J ^c   Van Gurp, Ruud H ^c   De Munnik, Hannie ^c   Oosterhuis, J Wolter ^c   Van Joop Zoelen, E ^a   Looijenga, Leendert H ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Germ cell; Glioma; Haematopoiesis; Melanoma; Platelet derived growth factor receptor; Testis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE MARKER; DOWN REGULATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036207724     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1064     Document Type: Article

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