Identification of germ cells at risk for neoplastic transformation in gonadoblastoma: An immunohistochemical study for OCT3/4 and TSPY

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 512-521

  Kersemaekers, Anne Marie F ^a   Honecker, Friedemann ^a,b,e   Stoop, Hans ^a   Cools, Martine ^a   Molier, Michel ^a,e   Wolffenbuttel, Katja ^c   Bokemeyer, Carsten ^b   Li, Yunmin ^d   Lau, Yun Fai Chris ^d   Oosterhuis, J Wolter ^a   Looijenga, Leendert H J ^a  

^a JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

CIS; Clonal selection; Dysgerminoma; Gonadoblastoma; Malignant transformation; OCT3 4; Progression; TSPY

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTIS SPECIFIC PROTEIN ON THE Y CHROMOSOME; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONADOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PREDICTION; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GONADOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SEMINOMA; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 20144386388     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.02.016     Document Type: Article

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