Presence of nanobacteria in psammoma bodies of ovarian cancer: Evidence for pathogenetic role in intratumoral biomineralization

Histopathology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 633-637

  Hudelist, G ^a,b   Singer, C F ^a   Kubista, E ^a   Manavi, M ^a   Mueller, R ^a   Pischinger, K ^a   Czerwenka, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Villach Medical Center   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Nanobacteria; Ovarian cancer; Psammoma bodies

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSAMMOMA BODY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; TISSUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIA; CALCINOSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FALLOPIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 11144349035     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2004.02030.x     Document Type: Article

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