Aberrant nuclear localization and gene mutation of β-catenin in low-grade adenocarcinoma of fetal lung type: Up-regulation of the Wnt signaling pathway may be a common denominator for the development of tumors that form morules

Modern Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 617-624

  Nakatani, Yukio ^a   Masudo, Katsuhiko ^a   Inayama, Yoshiaki ^a   Kawano, Naomi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma of the fetal lung type; APC gene; Biotin rich optically clear nucleus; Cribriform morular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma; Wnt signaling pathway; catenin mutation

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BIOTIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LUNG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UP-REGULATION; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 18444380534     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880575     Document Type: Article

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