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The evaluated lymph nodes characterized as benign or malignant (by T2*/variance analysis) were then superimposed on the volumetric 3D images, using customized software (Advantage Windows, General Electric Medical Systems).
NSGCTs display complex differentiation patterns that include embryonal, extra-embryonal, and somatic tissue types [ 6 ] . Teratomas with somatic differentiation can undergo additional malignant transformation with characteristics of epithelial, mesenchymal, neurogenic, or hematologic tumors [ 7 ] . While the majority of GCTs exhibit exquisite sensitivity to cisplatin-based chemotherapy, a small proportion of metastatic tumors remain resistant.
[ 10 ] This finding may indicate that despite their use in a malignant context, the ecdysone constructs behave with similar kinetics to that in normal cells thus implying a general utility in studies of various histological tumor types.
The analysis was done in surgically resected lymph nodes ( n = 55; both benign and malignant nodes) or in fine needle aspirates and core biopsies ( n = 15; malignant nodes only), implementing careful mapping procedures to correlate nodes.
Vertebrate HB genes are divided into two classes: Class I genes (HOX genes) are organized into four clusters (HOX A, B, C, D) with a total of 39 members [ 8 ] . Members of Class II are also called divergent genes, including genes such as PAX, MSX, IRX, and DLX, named after their homologs in Drosophila (paired, muscle segment, Iroquois, and distal-less, respectively) [ 9 10 ] . Accumulating evidence suggests that homeobox genes are important in malignant transformation.
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