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cytokeratin 20

Known as: Cytokeratin-20, Protein IT, Keratin 20 
Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 20 (424 aa, ~48 kDa) is encoded by the human KRT20 gene. This protein plays a role in the organization of keratins in… 
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2013
2013
The poor prognosis factors in G2 neuroendocrine tumor.
BACKGROUND The G2 neuroendocrine tumors (NET) or well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas (2010 WHO Classification of… 
2011
2011
Long-term follow-up of bladder cancer patients with disseminated tumour cells in bone marrow.
2009
2009
Tumor Cell Dissemination in a Human Colon Cancer Animal Model: Orthotopic Implantation or Intraportal Injection?
Background: The development of therapeutic strategies for treatment of metastasized colorectal carcinoma requires biologically… 
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Molecular detection of circulating cancer cells in the peripheral blood of patients with colorectal cancer by using membrane array with a multiple mRNA marker panel.
The objective of this study was mainly to evaluate the simultaneous detection of expression levels of a multiple mRNA marker… 
2005
2005
Basal cell carcinomas with unusual histologic patterns.
2005
2005
Prognostic Impact of CK-20-positive Cells in Peripheral Venous Blood of Patients with Gastrointestinal Carcinoma
Despite curative tumor resection, about 30%–50% of patients with locally advanced gastrointestinal (GI) carcinoma develop tumor… 
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Quantitative detection of micrometastases in the lymph nodes of gastric cancer patients with real‐time RT‐PCR: A comparative study with immunohistochemistry
Histologic examination lacks the sensitivity to detect micrometastases in gastric cancer lymph nodes. In the present study, we… 
2001
2001
Interference of cytokeratin-20 and mammaglobin-reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain assays designed for the detection of disseminated cancer cells
Several reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rtPCR) assays have been designed for the detection of disseminated… 
1998
1998
Goblet-cell mucinous epithelium lining the endometrium and endocervix: evidence of metastasis from an appendiceal primary tumor through the use of cytokeratin-7 and -20 immunostains.
Differential staining with cytokeratin (CK)-7 and CK-20, two members of a complex family of proteins in human epithelial cells… 
1993
1993
Histogenetical investigations on adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction. An immunohistochemical study.
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