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The catalog of human cytokeratins: Patterns of expression in normal epithelia, tumors and cultured cells

1982 • 5,272 citations

Sensitive detection of occult breast cancer by the reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction.

1994 • 443 citations

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1990 • 407 citations

Cytokine mRNA expression in postischemic/reperfused myocardium.

1995 • 375 citations

Limitations of specific reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction markers in the detection of metastases in the lymph nodes and blood of breast cancer patients.

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Detection of epithelial cancer cells in peripheral blood by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction

1995 • 343 citations

Limitations of reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analyses for detection of micrometastatic epithelial cancer cells in bone marrow.

1997 • 290 citations

Detection of breast cancer micrometastases in axillary lymph nodes by using polymerase chain reaction.

1994 • 271 citations

Keratin 19: Predicted Amino Acid Sequence and Broad Tissue Distribution Suggest it Evolved from Keratinocyte Keratins.

1989 • 238 citations

Keratin gene expression in non-epithelial tissues. Detection with polymerase chain reaction.

1993 • 208 citations

Model study detecting breast cancer cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells at frequencies as low as 10(-7).

1995 • 201 citations

Clinical significance of bone marrow metastases as detected using the polymerase chain reaction in patients with breast cancer undergoing high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation.

1996 • 188 citations

Detection of breast cancer micrometastases in axillary lymph nodes by means of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Comparison between MUC1 mRNA and keratin 19 mRNA amplification.

1996 • 187 citations

Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Detection of Micrometastases in Patients With Breast Cancer

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Molecular and immunological detection of circulating tumor cells and micrometastases from solid tumors

1996 • 163 citations

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1985 • 146 citations

Low level expression of cytokeratins 8, 18 and 19 in vascular smooth muscle cells of human umbilical cord and in cultured cells derived therefrom, with an analysis of the chromosomal locus containing the cytokeratin 19 gene.

1988 • 141 citations

Detection of micrometastases in colorectal cancer patients by K19 and K20 reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction.

1996 • 120 citations

Detection of intraoperative tumor cell dissemination in patients with breast cancer by use of reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction

1995 • 116 citations

Embryonic expression of the human 40-kD keratin: evidence from a processed pseudogene sequence.

1988 • 77 citations

Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis of cytokeratin 19 expression in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of normal female blood donors.

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Immunobead RT-PCR: A Sensitive Method for Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells

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Induction of tumour cell shedding into effluent venous blood breast cancer surgery

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Keratin 19 expression in the adult and developing human mammary gland

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Detection of breast cancer cells in blood using immunomagnetic bead selection and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction*

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Does the Timing of Breast Cancer Surgery Affect Survival?

1997 • 8 citations

No effect of timing of biopsy in the menstrual cycle on incidence of bone marrow micrometastasis in patients with breast cancer

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