Molecular genetic evidence supporting the neoplastic nature of fibrous stroma in testicular teratoma

Modern Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1432-1438

  Cheng, Liang ^a   Zhang, Shaobo ^a   Eble, John N ^a   Beck, Stephen D W ^a   Foster, Richard S ^a   Wang, Mingsheng ^a   Ulbright, Thomas M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

epithelial mesenchymal transition; fluorescence in situ hybridization; germ cell tumors; isochromosome 12p; molecular genetics; teratoma stroma; testicular neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CHROMOSOME 12P; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FIBROUS STROMA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STROMA; TESTIS TERATOMA;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; DNA, NEOPLASM; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ISOCHROMOSOMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROMAL CELLS; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867017914     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.99     Document Type: Article

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