Investigating differentiation mechanisms of the constituent cells of sex cord-stromal tumours of the ovary

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 453, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 465-471

  Papanastasopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Repanti, Maria ^a   Damaskou, Vasileia ^a   Bravou, Vasiliki ^a   Papadaki, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

bcl 2; Differentiation mechanisms; Prostaglandin D synthase; Sex cord stromal tumours; SOX 9

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PARAFFIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX CORD TUMOR; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; LIPOCALINS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERTOLI-LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 54249091506     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0677-7     Document Type: Article

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