Aberrant Expression of Ovary Determining Gene FOXL2 in the Testis and Juvenile Granulosa Cell Tumor in Children

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1810-1813

  Kalfa, Nicolas ^a,b,c,d   Fellous, Marc ^f   Boizet Bonhoure, Brigitte ^e   Patte, Catherine ^g   Duvillard, Pierre ^h   Pienkowski, Catherine ^b   Jaubert, Francis ^g   Ecochard, Aude ^a   Sultan, Charles ^a,c,d  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicinale   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^g INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^h HÔPITAL DES ENFANTS   (France)

Author keywords

FOXL2 protein; granulosa cell tumor; human; sex determination (genetics); sox 9 transcription factor; testis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DATA BASE; FOXL2 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOSPADIAS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; JUVENILE GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR OF THE TESTIS; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; TESTIS TUMOR; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 51249085195     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.03.097     Document Type: Article

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