Expression of membrane-bound mucins (MUC1 and MUC4) and secreted mucins (MUC2, MUC5AC, MUC5B, MUC6 and MUC7) in mucoepidermoid carcinomas of salivary glands

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 806-813

  Alos, Llucia ^a,d   Lujan, Blanca ^a   Castillo, Mireia ^a   Nadal, Alfons ^a   Carreras, Marta ^b   Caballero, Miguel ^a   De Bolos, Carme ^c   Cardesa, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; MUC; Mucin; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Salivary gland carcinoma

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MUCIN; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 4; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B; MUCIN 6; MUCIN 7;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL TYPE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SALIVARY GLAND DUCT; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; PROGNOSIS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY GLANDS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 19544362212     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000155856.84553.c9     Document Type: Article

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