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BRAF mutations in melanocytic tumors (nevi and melanomas) from organ transplant recipients.
BRAF is a gene of the RAF family of kinases, frequently mutated in benign...
Direct Link | 19th November, 2009
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Pigmented lesion pathology: what you should expect from your pathologist, and what your pathologist should expect from you.
The first part of this review examines the reliability of histologic...
Direct Link | 17th November, 2009
| Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown
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Melanoma progression exhibits a significant impact on connexin expression patterns in the epidermal tumor microenvironment.
Melanoma depends on, interacts with and reacts to the stroma in which it...
Direct Link | 22nd October, 2009
| Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University Hospital
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) as an ancillary diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of melanoma.
Although the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of some melanomas is...
Direct Link | 19th August, 2009
| Department of Dermatology and the Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern
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Expression of gamma-H2AX in melanocytic lesions.
gamma-H2AX is a marker of activated DNA damage and is overexpressed in...
Direct Link | 14th August, 2009
| Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor,
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| Expression of cell cycle inhibitor p27Kip1 in nevi and melanomas.
| 12th August, 2009
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Allelotyping, microsatellite instability, and BRAF mutation analyses in common and atypical melanocytic nevi and primary cutaneous melanomas.
Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in several chromosomal regions is found in...
Direct Link | 31st July, 2009
| Departamento de Anatomia Patologica, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia
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WT 1 expression in nevi and melanomas: a marker of melanocytic invasion into the dermis.
Garrido-Ruiz MC, Rodriguez-Pinilla SM, Perez-Gomez B, Rodriguez-Peralto...
Direct Link | 30th July, 2009
| Dpto. de Anatomia Patologica, Hospital Universitario12 de Octubre, Avda de
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Pregnancy and estrogen receptor beta expression in a large congenital nevus.
BACKGROUND: Large congenital nevi carry a slightly increased risk of...
Direct Link | 16th July, 2009
| Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
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Digital dewaxing of Raman signals: discrimination between nevi and melanoma spectra obtained from paraffin-embedded skin biopsies.
Malignant melanoma (MM) is the most severe tumor affecting the skin and...
Direct Link | 8th July, 2009
| MEDyC Unit, CNRS UMR 6237, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Reims
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The role of BRAF mutation and p53 inactivation during transformation of a subpopulation of primary human melanocytes.
Melanocytic nevi frequently harbor oncogenic BRAF mutations, but only a...
Direct Link | 24th June, 2009
| Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of
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A multi-marker assay to distinguish malignant melanomas from benign nevi.
The histopathological diagnosis of melanoma can be challenging. No...
Direct Link | 13th May, 2009
| Auerback Melanoma Research Laboratory, Comprehensive Cancer Center and
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Melanocytic lesions of the genital area with attention given to atypical genital nevi.
Melanocytic lesions of the genital area are rare. They arise mainly in the...
Direct Link | 21st February, 2009
| Department of Pathology, Hospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous
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Nuclear to non-nuclear Pmel17/gp100 expression (HMB45 staining) as a discriminator between benign and malignant melanocytic lesions.
HMB45 is a mouse monoclonal antibody raised against Pmel17/gp100, a...
Direct Link | 22nd October, 2008
| Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Pten deficiency in melanocytes results in resistance to hair graying and susceptibility to carcinogen-induced melanomagenesis.
Phosphate and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) is a tumor...
Direct Link | 7th August, 2008
| Department of Dermatology, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita,
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