Serous papillary adenocarcinoma possibly related to the presence of primitive oocyte-like cells in the adult ovarian surface epithelium: a case report

Abstract Introduction The presence of oocytes in the ovarian surface epithelium has already been confirmed in the fetal ovaries.We report the presence of SSEA-4, SOX-2, VASA and ZP2-positive primitive oocyte-like cells in the adult ovarian surface epithelium of a patient with serous papillary adenocarcinoma.Case presentation Ovarian tissue was surg

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Computational prediction of vaccine potential epitopes and 3-dimensional structure of XAGE-1b for non-small cell lung cancer immunotherapy

Background: XAGE-1b is shown to be overexpressed in lung adenocarcinoma and to be a strong immunogenic antigen among non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.However, 3D structure of XAGE-1b is not available and its confirmation has not been solved Pour Test Kits yet.Methods: Multiple sequence alignment was run to select the most reliable templa

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