Article
Overexpression of the p53 protein and allele loss at 17p13 in ovarian carcinoma.
British journal of cancer - 1 Jan 1992
Eccles D M, Brett L, Lessells A, Gruber L, Lane D, Steel C M, Leonard R C
Abstract excerpt
Mouse monoclonal antibodies PAb 240 and PAb 1801 which specifically immunoprecipitate p53 protein, were used to examine 27 fresh ovarian tumours (16 serous adenocarcinomas, six endometrioid carcinomas, one mucinous adenocarcinoma, one mucinous borderline tumour and three benign adenomas). Eleven out of 16 (69%) serous adenocarcinomas and one endometrioid tumour showed positive staining with one or both antibodies...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous
- Adenoma
- Alleles
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- Endometrial Neoplasms
- Female
- Gene Expression
