Involvement of E-cadherin and β-catenin in germ cell tumours and in normal male fetal germ cell development

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-174

  Honecker, Friedemann ^a,b   Kersemaekers, Anne Marie F ^a   Molier, Michel ^a   van Weeren, Pascale C ^a   Stoop, Hans ^a   de Krijger, Ronald R ^a   Wolffenbuttel, Katja P ^c   Oosterhuis, Wolter ^a   Bokemeyer, Carsten ^b   Looijenga, Leendert H J ^a  

^a JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

catenin; Carcinoma in situ intratubular germ cell neoplasia unclassified (CIS ITGCNU); Chemotherapy resistance; E cadherin; Fetal gonads; Germ cell tumours; Gonadoblastoma; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RESISTANCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DYSGERMINOMA; FETUS; FETUS CELL; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; GONADOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSGERMINOMA; GENITALIA, MALE; GERM CELLS; GERMINOMA; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONADOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 5044224346     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1614     Document Type: Article

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