Protein Information

Name melan A
Synonyms Antigen LB39 AA; Antigen SK29 AA; MART 1; MART1; MLANA; Melan A; Melan A protein; Melanoma antigen recognized by T cells 1…

Compound Information

Name SMA
CAS sodium 2-chloroacetate

Reference List

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18251780 Adachi Y, Horie Y, Kitamura Y, Nakamura H, Taniguchi Y, Miwa K, Fujioka S, Nishimura M, Hayashi K: CD1a expression in PEComas. Pathol Int. 2008 Mar;58(3):169-73.


Generally, nearly all PEComas have immunoreactivity for both melanocytic (HMB-45 and/or melan A) and smooth muscle (actin (SMA) and/or desmin) markers.
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18261305 Luo DL, Liu YH, Zhuang HG, Luo XL: [Tumors showing perivascular epithelioid cell differentiation: a clinicopathologic study of 39 cases]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2007 Nov 6;87(41):2909-13.


Immunohistochemistry (HIC) was used to detect the expression of pan-cytokeratin (CK), S-100 protein, smooth muscle actin (SMA), desmin, vimentin, HMB45, Melan-A, microphthalmia transcription factor (MiTF), CD117, and CD34 in the specimens of the tumors obtained during operation.
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19391217 Marsh WL, Colonna J, Yearsley M, Bloomston M, Frankel WL: Calponin is expressed in serous cystadenomas of the pancreas but not in adenocarcinomas or endocrine tumors. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2009 May;17(3):216-9.


Subsequently, some were stained with MUC6, melan-A, D2-40, h-caldesmon, smooth muscle actin, and smooth muscle myosin.
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19542912 Plaza JA, Torres-Cabala C, Evans H, Diwan AH, Prieto VG: Immunohistochemical expression of S100A6 in cellular neurothekeoma: clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 31 cases. Am J Dermatopathol. 2009 Jul;31(5):419-22.


Immunohistochemical studies were performed in all 31 cases with formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections with antibodies against S100 protein, S100A6, and melanoma antigen recognized by T-cells (MART-1).
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