Melanotic Xp11 translocation renal cancer: A case with PSF-TFE3 gene fusion and up-regulation of melanogenetic transcripts

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1894-1901

  Chang, I Wei ^a   Huang, Hsuan Ying ^a   Sung, Ming Tse ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Kidney; Melanotic; MiTF; PSF TFE3 gene fusion; Xp11 translocation

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MELANIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITF PROTEIN, HUMAN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PTB ASSOCIATED SPLICING FACTOR; PTB-ASSOCIATED SPLICING FACTOR; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TFE3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TYRP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CARCINOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE FUSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349098737     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181ba7a5f     Document Type: Article

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