p63 expression in solid cell nests of the thyroid: Further evidence for a stem cell origin

Modern Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-48

  Reis Filho, Jorge S ^a,c   Preto, Ana ^a   Soares, Paula ^a,b   Ricardo, Sara ^a   Cameselle Teijeiro, José ^d   Sobrinho Simões, Manuel ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; p63; Thyroid; Ultimobranchial body

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CALCITONIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN P63; STREPTAVIDIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; STEM CELL; ULTIMOBRANCHIAL BODY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; STEM CELLS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0037260034     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000047306.72278.39     Document Type: Article

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