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Differential mucin phenotypes and their significance in a variation of colorectal carcinoma.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Jul 2013
Imai Yasuo, Yamagishi Hidetsugu, Fukuda Kazunori, Ono Yuko, Inoue Tohru, Ueda Yoshihiko
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To investigate mucin expression profiles in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) histological subtypes with regard to clinicopathologic variables and prognosis. METHODS: Mucin (MUC)2 and MUC5AC expressions were assessed by immunohistochemistry for a total of 250 CRC cases that underwent surgical resection. CRCs included 63 well-to-moderately differentiated adenocarcinomas (WMDAs), 91 poorly differentiated...
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