“…After embryogenesis and development, IMP3 expression is detectable in occasional adult tissues, including the internal root sheath of hair follicles, germinal centers of lymph nodes ( Figure 1B), patchy gastrointestinal tract and bronchiolar epithelium (Righi, Zhang et al;Mueller-Pillasch, Pohl et al 1999;Nielsen, Christiansen et al 1999;Hammer, Hansen et al 2005;Simon, Bourne et al 2007;Xu, Bourne et al 2007;Mentrikoski, Ma et al 2009). In addition to its expression in fetal development, IMP3 has been detected in numerous malignancies including germ cell carcinomas, renal cell carcinoma, small and non-small cell lung carcinomas, urothelial carcinoma, endometrial serous and cervical carcinomas, Merkel cell carcinoma, extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma, various lymphomas, thyroid carcinoma, mammary breast carcinoma, colonic, gastric and esophageal adenocarcinomas, and osteogenic sarcoma (Asioli, Erickson et al ;Findeis-Hosey, Yang et al ;Jin, Seys et al ;Righi, Zhang et al ;Wang, Fan et al 2003;Hammer, Hansen et al 2005;Jiang 2007;Li, Rock et al 2007;Simon, Bourne et al 2007;Do, Kim et al 2008;Li, Xu et al 2008;Pryor, Bourne et al 2008;Zheng, Yi et al 2008;Jeng, Wang et al 2009;King, Pasha et al 2009;Li, Yan et al 2009;Li, Huang et al 2009;Lu, Vohra et al 2009;Mentrikoski, Ma et al 2009;Pryor, Simon et al 2009;Slosar, Vohra et al 2009;Walter, Prasad et al 2009;Yuan, Wang et al 2009). Moreover, IMP3 expression has been shown to be a marker of poorer prognosis with decreased overall survival in several tumors including renal cell carcinoma, mammary breast carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, and numerous gastrointes...…”