Deregulation of the RB pathway in human testicular germ cell tumours

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-156

  Bartkova, Jirina ^a   Lukas, Claudia ^a   Sørensen, Claus ^a   Rajpert De Meyts, Ewa ^b   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^b   Lukas, Jiri ^a   Bartek, Jiri ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carcinoma in situ; CDK4; Cell cycle; p151NK4b; p161NK4a; Phosphorylation specific antibody; Retinoblastoma tumour suppressor; Spermatogenesis; Testicular germ cell tumours

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; SERINE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TARGET CELL; TESTIS CANCER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CELL CYCLE; CELLS, CULTURED; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0038604803     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1353     Document Type: Article

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