Sarcomatoid carcinoma represents a complete phenotype with various pathways of epithelial mesenchymal transition

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 601-606

  Sung, Chang Ohk ^a   Choi, Hannah ^b   Lee, Keun Woo ^c   Kim, Seok Hyung ^c  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyunggi Girls' High School   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALVASCULIN; CLAUDIN; CLAUDIN 3; CLAUDIN 4; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCOMATOID CARCINOMA; WILD TYPE;

GASTROENTEROLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOSARCOMA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOWN-REGULATION; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879417851     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2012-201271     Document Type: Article

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