PLAG1 expression in mesenchymal tumors: An immunohistochemical study with special emphasis on the pathogenetical distinction between soft tissue myoepithelioma and pleomorphic adenoma of the salivary gland

Pathology International

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Matsuyama, Atsuji ^a   Hisaoka, Masanori ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Lipoblastoma; Mixed tumor; Myoepithelioma; PLAG1

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A2 PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN PLAG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSARCOMA; FUSION GENE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LIPOBLASTOMA; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MESENCHYMOMA; MYOEPITHELIOMA; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE FUSION; HMGA2 PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOEPITHELIOMA; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84155189008     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2011.02740.x     Document Type: Article

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