2020
Epithelium Involving Bilateral Axillary Lymph Nodes: Metastasis, Misplaced, or Mullerian!
Singh K, Sardana R, Quddus MR, Harigopal M. Epithelium Involving Bilateral Axillary Lymph Nodes: Metastasis, Misplaced, or Mullerian! International Journal Of Surgical Pathology 2020, 29: 284-288. PMID: 32924678, DOI: 10.1177/1066896920958121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSentinel lymph nodesBilateral axillary lymph nodesAxillary sentinel lymph nodesAxillary lymph nodesFrozen section examinationLymph nodesDifferential diagnosisEpithelial depositsSection examinationBreast cancer stagingNodal depositsCancer stagingHistological evaluationEpithelial restsEndosalpingiosisFirst caseDiagnosisEpitheliumExaminationMetastasisStagingMullerian
2018
Loss of c-KIT expression in breast cancer correlates with malignant transformation of breast epithelium and is mediated by KIT gene promoter DNA hypermethylation
Janostiak R, Vyas M, Cicek AF, Wajapeyee N, Harigopal M. Loss of c-KIT expression in breast cancer correlates with malignant transformation of breast epithelium and is mediated by KIT gene promoter DNA hypermethylation. Experimental And Molecular Pathology 2018, 105: 41-49. PMID: 29852185, DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2018.05.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC-kit expressionNormal breast tissueC-kitMalignant transformationReceptor tyrosine kinasesBreast tissueBreast cancer correlatesKIT proto-oncogene receptor tyrosine kinaseBreast cancer cell linesC-kit protein expressionBreast tumor developmentProto-oncogene receptor tyrosine kinaseBreast tumor samplesCancer cell linesNormal breast epithelial tissuesTyrosine kinaseBreast epithelial tissueCancer correlatesBreast malignancyC-kit mRNABreast epitheliumBreast tumorsTransmembrane receptor tyrosine kinaseCopy number alterationsTumor samples