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Changes of phenotypic expression of prostatic antigen in secondary transitional cell carcinoma of the prostate: evidence for induction phenomenon as a mechanism for acquisition of prostatic antigens in prostatic transitional cell carcinoma.
The Prostate - 15 May 2001
Mai K T, Yazdi H M, Farmer J
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BACKGROUND: In vitro and experimental studies of mesenchymal-epithelial interaction for the prostatic stroma have demonstrated that the prostatic stroma is capable of inducing the nonprostatic epithelium to acquire many features of prostatic epithelium. We investigated whether this phenomenon could be observed in vivo in human prostatic stroma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the...
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