Mesenchymal to epithelial transition in the human ovarian surface epithelium focusing on inclusion cysts

Oncology Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1209-1214

  Okamoto, Sanshiro ^a   Okamoto, Aikou ^a   Nikaido, Takashi ^a   Saito, Misato ^a   Takao, Miho ^a   Yanaihara, Nozomu ^a   Takakura, Satoshi ^a   Ochiai, Kazunori ^a   Tanaka, Tadao ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemical staining; Inclusion cyst; Mesenchymal to epithelial transition

Indexed keywords

BER EP4 PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CALRETININ; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; HBME1 PROTEIN; MOC31 PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40; PODOPLANIN; TAG 72 PROTEIN; THROMBOMODULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EPIDERMOID CYST; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME CELL; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 67649385780     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or_00000343     Document Type: Article

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