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Immunohistochemical evaluation of H3K27 trimethylation in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Mar 2018
Otsuka Hiroshi, Kohashi Kenichi, Yoshimoto Masato, Ishihara Shin, Toda Yu, Yamada Yuichi, Yamamoto Hidetaka, Nakashima Yasuharu, Oda Yoshinao
Abstract excerpt
The histological definitive diagnosis of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is quite difficult because the morphological features are not specific and no useful immunohistochemical marker has been identified. Loss-of-function mutations in EED or SUZ12, which encode the core subunit of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), were reported in MPNSTs, and the mutations were shown to cause inactivation of...
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