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Secretory cell outgrowth, PAX2 and serous carcinogenesis in the Fallopian tube.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Sept 2010
Chen Eleanor Y, Mehra Karishma, Mehrad Mitra, Ning Gang, Miron Alexander, Mutter George L, Monte Nicholas, Quade Bradley J, McKeon Frank D, Yassin Yosuf, Xian Wa, Crum Christopher P
Abstract excerpt
The 'p53 signature' is a benign secretory cell outgrowth in the distal Fallopian tube that shares properties with ovarian serous cancer-including p53 mutations-and is a putative serous cancer precursor. We expanded the precursor definition to all secretory cell outgrowths (SCOUTs) of 30 or more cells and scored normal (N) and altered (A) expression of both p53 and PAX2, a gene down-regulated in ovarian and...
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