Selective expression of gastric mucin MUC6 in colonic sessile serrated adenoma but not in hyperplastic polyp aids in morphological diagnosis of serrated polyps

Modern Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 660-669

  Owens, Scott R ^a,b   Chiosea, Simion I ^a   Kuan, Shih Fan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperplastic polyp; Microsatellite instability; MUC6; Serrated neoplasia pathway; Sessile serrated adenoma

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 6; PROTEIN MLH1;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLON BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM ADENOMA; RECTUM POLYP;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 44349130878     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2008.55     Document Type: Article

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