SOX2 is highly expressed in squamous cell carcinomas of the gastrointestinal tract

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1768-1773

  Long, Kevin B ^a   Hornick, Jason L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Anal canal; Esophagus; Gastrointestinal; Immunohistochemistry; p63; SOX2; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; PROTEIN P63; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-5; KERATIN-6; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70449105187     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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