Thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) is a 38-kd homeodomain containing DNA-binding protein originally identified in follicular cells of the thyroid and subsequently in pneumocytes. This review focuses on the utility of antisera in TTF-1 immunohistochemical staining in the diagnosis of neoplastic conditions. Based on published studies to date, anti-TTF-1 is a very useful reagent in distinguishing pulmonary adenocarcinoma from other primary carcinomas, identifying differentiated thyroid neoplasms, distinguishing mesothelioma from pulmonary adenocarcinoma, and distinguishing small cell carcinoma of the lung from Merkel cell carcinoma. It may also be useful in distinguishing neuroendocrine (NE) tumors of the lung from well-differentiated NE tumors from other sites, such as the intestine.
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Environ Pollut
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address:
Humans are chronically exposed to a mixture of environmental chemicals (ECs), many with metabolic and endocrine disrupting potential, contributing to non-communicable disease burden. Understanding the effects of chronic exposure to low-level mixtures of ECs requires an animal model that reflects real-world conditions, lags behind studies on single ECs. Biosolids, from wastewater treatment, offers a real-life model to investigate the developmental health risks from EC mixtures.
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Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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Cancer Cytopathol
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Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Section of Cytopathology, Anatomic Pathology Department, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, Address: Hungary, 4032 Debrecen Nagyerdei krt. 98. Tel. +36-52-255-600.
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