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Pankeratin immunostain showing benign prostatic glands (left of image) and prostatic carcinoma

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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.

Several pankeratins:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 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.

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	'''Pankeratin''' (abbreviated '''panker'''), also known as '''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.