Heterogeneous Periostin Expression in Different Histological Variants of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.
Simona Eliza GiușcăCornelia AmalineiLudmila LozneanuDelia Ciobanu ApostolElena Corina AndriescuAlex ScripcariuRaluca-Anca BalanElena Roxana AvadaneiIrina Draga CăruntuPublished in: BioMed research international (2017)
Our study demonstrates differences in PN expression in histological subtypes of PTC. Our results plead in favor of a dominant protumorigenic role of stromal PN, while the action of epithelial PN is less noticeable.