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SUBMITTER: Thimsen V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4949472 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thimsen Vivian V Hölsken Annett A Buchfelder Michael M Flitsch Jörg J Fahlbusch Rudolf R Stefanits Harald H Losa Marco M Jones David T W DT Buslei Rolf R
Scientific reports 20160719
The epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is a type I glycoprotein located on the surface of epithelial cells. It is strongly expressed in many neoplasms and already used in the diagnosis and distinction of various tumour subtypes. Comparative studies about EpCAM expression in cystic sellar lesions are lacking. Therefore, we analysed its distribution pattern in adamantinomatous (aCP) and papillary (pCP) craniopharyngiomas (CP) and Rathke's Cleft Cysts (RCC) using immunohistochemistry and gen ...[more]