Expression of Sox2 in mature and immature teratomas of central nervous system

Modern Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 742-748

  Phi, Ji Hoon ^a,b   Park, Sung Hye ^a,b   Paek, Sun Ha ^a,b   Kim, Seung Ki ^a,b   Lee, Yun Jin ^a,b   Park, Chul Kee ^a,b   Cho, Byung Kyu ^a,b   Lee, Do Hun ^a,b   Wang, Kyu Chang ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fetal brain; Immature teratoma; Mature teratoma; Primitive neuroepithelial tubule; Sox2

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NESTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; ENDODERM; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MACROGLIA; MALE; MIXED TUMOR; NEUROEPITHELIUM; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; TERATOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HMGB PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TERATOMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34250639841     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800793     Document Type: Article

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