Molecular characterization of epithelioid haemangioendotheliomas identifies novel WWTR1-CAMTA1 fusion variants

Histopathology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 699-708

  Patel, Nimesh R ^a,b   Salim, Alaa A ^c   Sayeed, Hadi ^a,b   Sarabia, Stephen F ^a,b   Hollingsworth, Faith ^a,b   Warren, Mikako ^d   Jakacky, Jared ^a,b   Tanas, Munir ^e   Oliveira, Andre M ^f   Rubin, Brian P ^g   Lazar, Alexander J ^c   López Terrada, Dolores ^a,b   Wang, Wei Lien ^c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CAMTA1; Epithelioid; Haemangioendothelioma; Sarcoma; TFE3; Translocation; WWTR1; YAP1

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; RNA; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CAMTA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; TFE3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; WWTR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; YAP1 (YES-ASSOCIATED) PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIOID HAEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; EXON; FEMALE; FEMUR TUMOR; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE; GENE FUSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRON; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SPINE METASTASIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WWTR1 CAMTA1 GENE; YAP1 TFE3 GENE; ADOLESCENT; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943365934     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/his.12697     Document Type: Article

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