Sox9, a master regulator of chondrogenesis, distinguishes mesenchymal chondrosarcoma from other small blue round cell tumors

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-269

  Wehrli, Bret Michael ^a   Huang, Wendong ^a   De Crombrugghe, Benoit ^a   Ayala, Alberto G ^a   Czerniak, Bogdan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage differentiation, immunohistochemical staining; Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma; Small blue round cell tumor; Sox9; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHILD; CHONDROGENESIS; CHONDROSARCOMA; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MESENCHYME CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; OSTEOSARCOMA; PHENOTYPE; REGULATOR GENE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0037343473     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2003.41     Document Type: Article

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