Skin Tumors With Matrical Differentiation: Lessons From Hair Keratins, Beta-Catenin and PHLDA1 Expression

    February 2014 in “ Journal of Cutaneous Pathology ”
    Maxime Battistella, J. Andrew Carlson, Amélie Osio … B. Cribier
    Studysummary This study found that nuclear beta-catenin, LEF1, and PHLDA1 expression was conserved in matrical tumors, suggesting a shared tumorigenesis process involving Wnt pathway activation.
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