MDM2 and CDK4 Expression in Carcinosarcoma of the Esophagus: Comparison with Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Review of the Literature

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 198-208

  Nikitakis, Nikolaos G ^a,b   Drachenberg, Cinthia B ^a   Papadimitriou, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Carcinosarcoma; CDK4; Esophagus; Histogenesis; Immunohistochemistry; MDM2; Squamous; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; PROTEIN MDM2; TUMOR MARKER; CDK4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; KERATIN; MDM2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; ONCOGENE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM; TUMOR BIOPSY; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOSARCOMA; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MDM2;

EID: 0036981749     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exmp.2002.2465     Document Type: Article

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