Increased Pleiotrophin Concentrations in Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

Increased Pleiotrophin Concentrations in Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

BACKGROUND:Thyroid nodules are common, and approximately 5% of these nodules are malignant. Pleiotrophin (PTN) is a heparin-binding growth factor which is overexpressed in many cancers. The expression of PTN in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is unknown. METHOD AND FINDINGS:74 subjects (age 47 ± 12 y...

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Main Authors: Youn Hee Jee, Samira M Sadowski, Francesco S Celi, Liqiang Xi, Mark Raffeld, David B Sacks, Alan T Remaley, Anton Wellstein, Electron Kebebew, Jeffrey Baron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4767803?pdf=render

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