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Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features of congenital melanocytic naevus cells support a stem-cell phenotype.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Aug 2013
Kinsler V A, Anderson G, Latimer B, Natarajan D, Healy E, Moore G E, Sebire N J
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BACKGROUND: Multiple congenital melanocytic naevi (CMN) in one individual are caused by somatic mosaicism for NRAS mutations; however, the lineage of the mutated cells remains uncertain. OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that CMN may be derived from cutaneous stem cells. METHODS: Sixty-six CMN samples from 44 patients were stained for immunohistochemical (IHC) markers of melanocytic differentiation (TYR, TRP1,...
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