Basal cell carcinoma and pilomatrixoma mirror human follicular embryogenesis as reflected by their differential expression patterns of SOX9 and β-catenin

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1294-1301

  Krahl, D ^a   Sellheyer, K ^b,c  

^a Institut fur Dermatohistologie   (Germany)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Nelson Dermatopathology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Adnexal tumours; Basal cell carcinoma; Pilomatrixoma; SOX9

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; FETUS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PILOMATRIXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCALP; SKIN DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; BETA CATENIN; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PILOMATRIXOMA; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 77952722685     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09630.x     Document Type: Article

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