Exploration of the APC/β-catenin (WNT) pathway and a histologic classification system for pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma. A study of 18 cases

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 453, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 473-484

  Gaumann, A ^a,b   Bode Lesniewska, B ^c   Zimmermann, D R ^c   Fanburg Smith, J C ^b   Kirkpatrick, C J ^d   Hofstadter F ^a   Woenckhaus, M ^a   Stoehr, R ^a,e   Obermann, E C ^f   Dietmaier, W ^a   Hartmann, A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

catenin; APC; Cyclin A; Cyclin D1; LOH; Pulmonary artery sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; DESMIN; VIMENTIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYXOSARCOMA; GENE MUTATION; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY ARTERY INTIMAL SARCOMA; SARCOMA; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ADULT; AGED; BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN A; CYCLIN D1; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 54249146382     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0671-0     Document Type: Article

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