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'''Pankeratin''', also '''pancytokeratin''', refers to an immunostain that markers abroad array of keratins. | '''Pankeratin''' (abbreviated '''panker''), also known as '''pancytokeratin''', refers to an [[immunostain]] that markers abroad array of keratins. | ||
Several pankeratins exists;<ref name=pmid10975928>{{Cite journal | last1 = Xu | first1 = X. | last2 = Roberts | first2 = SA. | last3 = Pasha | first3 = TL. | last4 = Zhang | first4 = PJ. | title = Undesirable cytokeratin immunoreactivity of native nonepithelial cells in sentinel lymph nodes from patients with breast carcinoma. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 124 | issue = 9 | pages = 1310-3 | month = Sep | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1043/0003-9985(2000)124<1310:UCIONN>2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 10975928 }}</ref> thus, ''pankeratin'' as a descriptor is not very specific. | Several pankeratins exists;<ref name=pmid10975928>{{Cite journal | last1 = Xu | first1 = X. | last2 = Roberts | first2 = SA. | last3 = Pasha | first3 = TL. | last4 = Zhang | first4 = PJ. | title = Undesirable cytokeratin immunoreactivity of native nonepithelial cells in sentinel lymph nodes from patients with breast carcinoma. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 124 | issue = 9 | pages = 1310-3 | month = Sep | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1043/0003-9985(2000)124<1310:UCIONN>2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 10975928 }}</ref> thus, ''pankeratin'' as a descriptor is not very specific. | ||
Revision as of 21:24, 1 August 2016
'Pankeratin (abbreviated panker), also known as pancytokeratin, refers to an immunostain that markers abroad array of keratins.
Several pankeratins exists;[1] thus, pankeratin as a descriptor is not very specific.
To confuse things further keratin may be used as a synonym.
See also
References
- ↑ Xu, X.; Roberts, SA.; Pasha, TL.; Zhang, PJ. (Sep 2000). "Undesirable cytokeratin immunoreactivity of native nonepithelial cells in sentinel lymph nodes from patients with breast carcinoma.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 124 (9): 1310-3. doi:10.1043/0003-9985(2000)124<1310:UCIONN>2.0.CO;2. PMID 10975928.