Article
CD99 correlates with low cyclin D1, high topoisomerase 2 status and triple negative molecular phenotype but is prognostically irrelevant in breast carcinoma.
Polish journal of pathology : official journal of the Polish Society of Pathologists - 1 Sept 2015
Czapiewski Piotr, Wełnicka-Jaśkiewicz Marzena, Seroczyńska Barbara, Skokowski Jarosław, Sejda Aleksandra, Szade Jolanta, Wiewiora Claudia, Biernat Wojciech, Żaczek Anna
Abstract excerpt
CD99 is a protein initially described in the Ewing sarcoma family of tumors, but growing evidence has shown its expression in other tumors of mesenchymal, hematopoietic and even epithelial origin. Some articles report CD99 in metaplastic carcinoma of the breast, a subtype of breast carcinoma (BC) with pronounced epithelial to mesenchymal (EMT) phenotype. Our aim was to analyse the potential relationship between...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
