Table 1

Molecular markers used in the distinction of malignant from benign thyroid lesions

Description

Gene symbol

thyroid transcription factor-1

TTF-1

GALECTIN 3

GAL3

Calcitonin

CALCA

HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELL ANTIGEN CD34

CD34

keratin, type I cytoskeletal 19

CK19

Thyroglobulin

Tg

KI67 Antigen

MKI67

TUMOR PROTEIN p53

P53

Song et al. Diagnostic Pathology 2011 6:126   doi:10.1186/1746-1596-6-126