Absence of calretinin protein expression in malignant mesotheliomas from asbestos-exposed NF2+/− mice and mouse mesothelioma cell lines from various mouse strains

• Main Authors: Walter Blum (Author), Thomas Henzi (Author), Hugues-Etienne (Author), Laszlo Pecze (Author), Janine Wörthmüller Rodriguez (Author), Bart Vrugt (Author), Beat Schwaller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Calretinin is the most widespread positive marker for the immunohistochemical identification of malignant mesothelioma (MM) and was proposed to serve as a blood-based biomarker. Functionally, evidence has accumulated that calretinin might be implicated in MM tumorigenesis. We aim...