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Abstract
A total of 20 benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) tissue samples from 13 patients were evaluated for the coexpression of cytokeratins and vimentin intermediate filaments in the glandular epithelium. Vimentin expression was significantly increased (p < 0.001) in BPH epithelium compared to adjacent "normal" epithelium. The data imply that epithelial/mesenchymal (E/M) transformations may play a role in the pathogenesis of BPH.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9400493 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)64080-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Urol ISSN: 0022-5347 Impact factor: 7.450