PAX 8 expression in non-neoplastic tissues, primary tumors, and metastatic tumors: A comprehensive immunohistochemical study

Modern Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 751-764

  Ozcan, Ayhan ^a,b,c   Shen, Steven S ^a,b,d   Hamilton, Candice ^a   Anjana, Kundu ^a   Coffey, Donna ^a,b,d   Krishnan, Bhuvaneswari ^e   Truong, Luan D ^a,b,d,e  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

female genital tract; immunohistochemistry; kidney; neoplasm; pancreas; PAX8; thyroid

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID CELL; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; UTERINE TUBE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79957924099     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.3     Document Type: Article

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