Expression of CXCR4, E-cadherin, Bcl-2, and survivin in merkel cell carcinoma: An immunohistochemical study using a tissue microarray

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 592-596

  Knapp, Charles F ^a   Sayegh, Zena ^b   Schell, Michael J ^b   Rawal, Bhupendra ^b   Ochoa, Tatiana ^b   Sondak, Vernon K ^b   Messina, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

immunohistochemistry; markers; Merkel cell carcinoma; progression; tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; PROTEIN BCL 2; SURVIVIN; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, CXCR4; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864368487     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31823e25d3     Document Type: Article

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