PAX3 is extensively expressed in benign and malignant tissues of the melanocytic lineage in humans

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1465-1468

  He, Shujie ^a   Yoon, Han Seung ^a   Suh, Bong Jik ^b   Eccles, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOSIS; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951094195     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.434     Document Type: Letter

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