Immunohistochemical detection of prothymosin alpha in pituitary adenomas--a new marker of tumor recurrence?

Forty pituitary adenomas were immunostained with an antibody raised against the C-terminal fragment (101-109) of human prothymosin alpha (PT alpha). The strong positive immunostaining was found in the subpopulation of cell nuclei and intratumoral vessel walls, while the cytoplasm of adenoma cells wa...

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Main Authors: Katarzyna Winczyk, Marek Pawlikowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2010-05-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4299