Expression Patterns of Hair and Epithelial Keratins and Transcription Factors HOXC13, LEF1, and β-Catenin in a Malignant Pilomatricoma: A Histological and Immunohistochemical Study

    December 2005 in “ Journal of Cutaneous Pathology ”
    B. Cribier, Wolf‐Ingo Worret, Markus Braun‐Falco … Jürgen Schweizer
    Studysummary This study found that while malignant pilomatricomas maintain some keratin expression patterns seen in benign counterparts, they notably express additional epithelial keratins, potentially influencing tumor calcification.
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