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High periostin expression correlates with aggressiveness in papillary thyroid carcinomas.
The Journal of endocrinology - 1 May 2008
Puppin Cinzia, Fabbro Dora, Dima Mariavittoria, Di Loreto Carla, Puxeddu Efisio, Filetti Sebastiano, Russo Diego, Damante Giuseppe
Abstract excerpt
Periostin is a mesenchyme-specific gene product, which acts as an adhesion molecule during bone formation and supports osteoblastic cell line attachment and spreading. However, periostin expression is activated in a large variety of epithelial human tumors and correlates with their aggressiveness. Knowledge of expression of periostin in thyroid tumors is still scanty. The aim of the present work was to...
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