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		Research article Morphological distribution of mu chains and cd15 receptors in colorectal polyp and adenocarcinoma specimens Caterina Defendenti, Fabiola Atzeni, Anna Maria Croce, Elena Mussani, Simone Saibeni, Simona Bollani, Silvia Grosso, Piero Luigi Almasio, Savino Bruno, Piercarlo Sarzi Puttini BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:8 (1 March 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF
		Reviewer acknowledgement Reviewer acknowledgements Christopher Foote BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:2 (21 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Cervical lymph node metastases from thyroid cancer: does thyroglobulin and calcitonin measurement in fine needle aspirates improve the diagnostic value of cytology? Enke Baldini, Salvatore Sorrenti, Cira Di Gioia, Corrado De Vito, Alessandro Antonelli, Lucio Gnessi, Giovanni Carbotta, Eleonora D’Armiento, Paolo Miccoli, Enrico De Antoni, Salvatore Ulisse BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:7 (19 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Quantification of fractal dimension and Shannon’s entropy in histological diagnosis of prostate cancer Pedro Francisco Ferraz de Arruda, Márcio Gatti, Fernando Nestor Facio Junior, José Germano Ferraz de Arruda, Roberto Douglas Moreira, Luiz Otávio Murta, Laísa Ferraz de Arruda, Moacir Fernandes de Godoy BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:6 (18 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article A simple immunohistochemical panel comprising 2 conventional markers, Ki67 and p53, is a powerful tool for predicting patient outcome in luminal-type breast cancer Takayuki Kobayashi, Keiichi Iwaya, Tomoyuki Moriya, Tamio Yamasaki, Hitoshi Tsuda, Junji Yamamoto, Osamu Matsubara BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:5 (6 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Case report 13-year-old tuberous sclerosis patient with renal cell carcinoma associated with multiple renal angiomyolipomas developing multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia Carl Ludwig Behnes, Gunther Schütze, Christoph Engelke, Felix Bremmer, Bastian Gunawan, Heinz-Joachim Radzun, Stefan Schweyer BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:4 (5 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Expression of drug targets in primary and matched metastatic renal cell carcinoma tumors Saadia A Aziz, Joshua A Sznol, Adebowale Adeniran, Fabio Parisi, Yuval Kluger, Robert L Camp, Harriet M Kluger BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:3 (1 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Expression levels of most common drug targets are the same in both primary and metastatic renal carcinoma tumors, meaning that biomarker tests could be used on either tumor type
		Research article Expression profiling of 21 biomolecules in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinomas of Caucasian patients Dimitrios Krikelis, Mattheos Bobos, Georgia Karayannopoulou, Liliana Resiga, Sofia Chrysafi, Epaminontas Samantas, Dimitrios Andreopoulos, Vassilios Vassiliou, Elisabeta Ciuleanu, George Fountzilas BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:1 (29 January 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Low Mmp 9 and VEGF levels predict good oncologic outcome in mid and low rectal cancer patients with neoadjuvant chemoradiation Atilla Kurt, Fatih Yanar, Oktar Asoglu, Emre Balik, Vakur Olgac, Hasan Karanlik, Sevda Tanrikulu Kucuk, Evin Ademoglu, Gulcin Yegen, Dursun Bugra BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:27 (31 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Iron status in HIV-1 infection: implications in disease pathology S Olatunbosun Banjoko, Falilat A Oseni, Rachel A Togun, Olaniyi Onayemi, Beatrice O Emma-Okon, Julius B Fakunle BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:26 (17 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Unique immunologic patterns in fibromyalgia Frederick G Behm, Igor M Gavin, Oleksiy Karpenko, Valerie Lindgren, Sujata Gaitonde, Peter A Gashkoff, Bruce S Gillis BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:25 (17 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Cytokine levels in stimulated blood cells taken from patients suffering from the chronic pain and fatigue syndrome fibromyalgia were significantly lower than in cells taken from healthy controls, offering a potential diagnostic test for this disease
		Research article Lack of MMP-9 expression is a marker for poor prognosis in Dukes’ B colorectal cancer Selja Koskensalo, Jaana Hagström, Nina Linder, Mikael Lundin, Timo Sorsa, Johanna Louhimo, Caj Haglund BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:24 (7 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Factors associated with serum CA19-9 levels among healthy children: a cross-sectional study Sayo Kawai, Sueli M Oba-Shinjo, Lucy S Ito, Miyuki Uno, Suely K Marie, Nobuyuki Hamajima BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:23 (4 December 2012) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Trop-2 protein overexpression is an independent marker for predicting disease recurrence in endometrioid endometrial carcinoma Eliana Bignotti, Laura Zanotti, Stefano Calza, Marcella Falchetti, Silvia Lonardi, Antonella Ravaggi, Chiara Romani, Paola Todeschini, Elisabetta Bandiera, Renata A Tassi, Fabio Facchetti, Enrico Sartori, Sergio Pecorelli, Dana M Roque, Alessandro D Santin BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:22 (14 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Technical advance Development of a new method for identification and quantification in cerebrospinal fluid of malignant cells from breast carcinoma leptomeningeal metastasis Emilie Le Rhun, Frédéric Massin, Qian Tu, Jacques Bonneterre, Marcelo De Carvalho Bittencourt, Gilbert C Faure BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:21 (12 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article A first insight into the genotypic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Rwanda James Gafirita, Alaine N Umubyeyi, Benon B Asiimwe BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:20 (6 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article N-cadherin expression in malignant germ cell tumours of the testis Felix Bremmer, Bernhard Hemmerlein, Arne Strauss, Peter Burfeind, Paul Thelen, Heinz-Joachim Radzun, Carl Ludwig Behnes BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:19 (15 October 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary N-cadherin is expressed in tumor-free testis and intratubular germ cell neoplasias, seminomas as well as teratomas and yolk sac tumors, but not in embryonal and chorionic carcinomas, suggesting that N-cadherin could help differentiate the histological subtypes of testicular germ cell tumors.
		Research article Triple-negative breast cancer is associated with EGFR, CK5/6 and c-KIT expression in Malaysian women Shant Kanapathy Pillai, Annie Tay, Suseela Nair, Chee-Onn Leong BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:18 (26 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article A new non-invasive approach based on polyhexamethylene biguanide increases the regression rate of HPV infection Antonio Gentile, Sandro Gerli, Gian Di Renzo BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:17 (25 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Illustration of extensive extracellular matrix at the epithelial-mesenchymal interface within the renal stem/progenitor cell niche Will W Minuth, Lucia Denk BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:16 (25 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Positive hepatitis B surface antigen tests due to recent vaccination: a persistent problem Carolyn D Rysgaard, Cory S Morris, Denny Drees, Tami Bebber, Scott R Davis, Jeff Kulhavy, Matthew D Krasowski BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:15 (24 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Tenascin-W is a better cancer biomarker than tenascin-C for most human solid tumors Florence Brellier, Enrico Martina, Martin Degen, Nathalie Heuzé-Vourc’h, Agnès Petit, Thomas Kryza, Yves Courty, Luigi Terracciano, Christian Ruiz, Ruth Chiquet-Ehrismann BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:14 (4 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Elevated expression of LSD1 (Lysine-specific demethylase 1) during tumour progression from pre-invasive to invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast Nuran Serce, Annette Gnatzy, Susanne Steiner, Henning Lorenzen, Jutta Kirfel, Reinhard Buettner BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:13 (24 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Technical advance Diagnostic accuracy of monoclonal antibody based serum immunoglobulin free light chain immunoassays in myeloma cast nephropathy Colin A Hutchison, Paul Cockwell, Mark Cook BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:12 (9 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Epigenetic regulation of matrix metalloproteinase expression in ameloblastoma Lucyana Farias, Carolina Gomes, Marcela Rodrigues, Wagner de Castro, Júlio César Lacerda, Efigênia e Ferreira, Ricardo Gomez BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:11 (6 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Unmethylated matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are more prevalent in ameloblastomas compared to healthy gingival, and expression of MMP-9 is increased in those tumors, suggesting that MMP-9 expression in ameloblastomas may be regulated by epigenetic alterations.

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		Research article Morphological distribution of mu chains and cd15 receptors in colorectal polyp and adenocarcinoma specimens Caterina Defendenti, Fabiola Atzeni, Anna Maria Croce, Elena Mussani, Simone Saibeni, Simona Bollani, Silvia Grosso, Piero Luigi Almasio, Savino Bruno, Piercarlo Sarzi Puttini BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:8 (1 March 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF
		Reviewer acknowledgement Reviewer acknowledgements Christopher Foote BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:2 (21 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Cervical lymph node metastases from thyroid cancer: does thyroglobulin and calcitonin measurement in fine needle aspirates improve the diagnostic value of cytology? Enke Baldini, Salvatore Sorrenti, Cira Di Gioia, Corrado De Vito, Alessandro Antonelli, Lucio Gnessi, Giovanni Carbotta, Eleonora D’Armiento, Paolo Miccoli, Enrico De Antoni, Salvatore Ulisse BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:7 (19 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Quantification of fractal dimension and Shannon’s entropy in histological diagnosis of prostate cancer Pedro Francisco Ferraz de Arruda, Márcio Gatti, Fernando Nestor Facio Junior, José Germano Ferraz de Arruda, Roberto Douglas Moreira, Luiz Otávio Murta, Laísa Ferraz de Arruda, Moacir Fernandes de Godoy BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:6 (18 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article A simple immunohistochemical panel comprising 2 conventional markers, Ki67 and p53, is a powerful tool for predicting patient outcome in luminal-type breast cancer Takayuki Kobayashi, Keiichi Iwaya, Tomoyuki Moriya, Tamio Yamasaki, Hitoshi Tsuda, Junji Yamamoto, Osamu Matsubara BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:5 (6 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Case report 13-year-old tuberous sclerosis patient with renal cell carcinoma associated with multiple renal angiomyolipomas developing multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia Carl Ludwig Behnes, Gunther Schütze, Christoph Engelke, Felix Bremmer, Bastian Gunawan, Heinz-Joachim Radzun, Stefan Schweyer BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:4 (5 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Expression of drug targets in primary and matched metastatic renal cell carcinoma tumors Saadia A Aziz, Joshua A Sznol, Adebowale Adeniran, Fabio Parisi, Yuval Kluger, Robert L Camp, Harriet M Kluger BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:3 (1 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Expression levels of most common drug targets are the same in both primary and metastatic renal carcinoma tumors, meaning that biomarker tests could be used on either tumor type
		Research article Expression profiling of 21 biomolecules in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinomas of Caucasian patients Dimitrios Krikelis, Mattheos Bobos, Georgia Karayannopoulou, Liliana Resiga, Sofia Chrysafi, Epaminontas Samantas, Dimitrios Andreopoulos, Vassilios Vassiliou, Elisabeta Ciuleanu, George Fountzilas BMC Clinical Pathology 2013, 13:1 (29 January 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Low Mmp 9 and VEGF levels predict good oncologic outcome in mid and low rectal cancer patients with neoadjuvant chemoradiation Atilla Kurt, Fatih Yanar, Oktar Asoglu, Emre Balik, Vakur Olgac, Hasan Karanlik, Sevda Tanrikulu Kucuk, Evin Ademoglu, Gulcin Yegen, Dursun Bugra BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:27 (31 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Iron status in HIV-1 infection: implications in disease pathology S Olatunbosun Banjoko, Falilat A Oseni, Rachel A Togun, Olaniyi Onayemi, Beatrice O Emma-Okon, Julius B Fakunle BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:26 (17 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Unique immunologic patterns in fibromyalgia Frederick G Behm, Igor M Gavin, Oleksiy Karpenko, Valerie Lindgren, Sujata Gaitonde, Peter A Gashkoff, Bruce S Gillis BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:25 (17 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Cytokine levels in stimulated blood cells taken from patients suffering from the chronic pain and fatigue syndrome fibromyalgia were significantly lower than in cells taken from healthy controls, offering a potential diagnostic test for this disease
		Research article Lack of MMP-9 expression is a marker for poor prognosis in Dukes’ B colorectal cancer Selja Koskensalo, Jaana Hagström, Nina Linder, Mikael Lundin, Timo Sorsa, Johanna Louhimo, Caj Haglund BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:24 (7 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Factors associated with serum CA19-9 levels among healthy children: a cross-sectional study Sayo Kawai, Sueli M Oba-Shinjo, Lucy S Ito, Miyuki Uno, Suely K Marie, Nobuyuki Hamajima BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:23 (4 December 2012) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Trop-2 protein overexpression is an independent marker for predicting disease recurrence in endometrioid endometrial carcinoma Eliana Bignotti, Laura Zanotti, Stefano Calza, Marcella Falchetti, Silvia Lonardi, Antonella Ravaggi, Chiara Romani, Paola Todeschini, Elisabetta Bandiera, Renata A Tassi, Fabio Facchetti, Enrico Sartori, Sergio Pecorelli, Dana M Roque, Alessandro D Santin BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:22 (14 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Technical advance Development of a new method for identification and quantification in cerebrospinal fluid of malignant cells from breast carcinoma leptomeningeal metastasis Emilie Le Rhun, Frédéric Massin, Qian Tu, Jacques Bonneterre, Marcelo De Carvalho Bittencourt, Gilbert C Faure BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:21 (12 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article A first insight into the genotypic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Rwanda James Gafirita, Alaine N Umubyeyi, Benon B Asiimwe BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:20 (6 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article N-cadherin expression in malignant germ cell tumours of the testis Felix Bremmer, Bernhard Hemmerlein, Arne Strauss, Peter Burfeind, Paul Thelen, Heinz-Joachim Radzun, Carl Ludwig Behnes BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:19 (15 October 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary N-cadherin is expressed in tumor-free testis and intratubular germ cell neoplasias, seminomas as well as teratomas and yolk sac tumors, but not in embryonal and chorionic carcinomas, suggesting that N-cadherin could help differentiate the histological subtypes of testicular germ cell tumors.
		Research article Triple-negative breast cancer is associated with EGFR, CK5/6 and c-KIT expression in Malaysian women Shant Kanapathy Pillai, Annie Tay, Suseela Nair, Chee-Onn Leong BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:18 (26 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article A new non-invasive approach based on polyhexamethylene biguanide increases the regression rate of HPV infection Antonio Gentile, Sandro Gerli, Gian Di Renzo BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:17 (25 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Illustration of extensive extracellular matrix at the epithelial-mesenchymal interface within the renal stem/progenitor cell niche Will W Minuth, Lucia Denk BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:16 (25 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Positive hepatitis B surface antigen tests due to recent vaccination: a persistent problem Carolyn D Rysgaard, Cory S Morris, Denny Drees, Tami Bebber, Scott R Davis, Jeff Kulhavy, Matthew D Krasowski BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:15 (24 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Tenascin-W is a better cancer biomarker than tenascin-C for most human solid tumors Florence Brellier, Enrico Martina, Martin Degen, Nathalie Heuzé-Vourc’h, Agnès Petit, Thomas Kryza, Yves Courty, Luigi Terracciano, Christian Ruiz, Ruth Chiquet-Ehrismann BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:14 (4 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Elevated expression of LSD1 (Lysine-specific demethylase 1) during tumour progression from pre-invasive to invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast Nuran Serce, Annette Gnatzy, Susanne Steiner, Henning Lorenzen, Jutta Kirfel, Reinhard Buettner BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:13 (24 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Technical advance Diagnostic accuracy of monoclonal antibody based serum immunoglobulin free light chain immunoassays in myeloma cast nephropathy Colin A Hutchison, Paul Cockwell, Mark Cook BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:12 (9 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Epigenetic regulation of matrix metalloproteinase expression in ameloblastoma Lucyana Farias, Carolina Gomes, Marcela Rodrigues, Wagner de Castro, Júlio César Lacerda, Efigênia e Ferreira, Ricardo Gomez BMC Clinical Pathology 2012, 12:11 (6 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Unmethylated matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are more prevalent in ameloblastomas compared to healthy gingival, and expression of MMP-9 is increased in those tumors, suggesting that MMP-9 expression in ameloblastomas may be regulated by epigenetic alterations.