Cathepsin B and its inhibitor stefin A in brain tumors

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 439, Issue 7, 2000, Pages R122-R123

  Strojnik, Tadej ^a,e   Zajc, Irena ^b   Bervar, Aleš ^b   Židanik, Boris ^a   Golouh, Rastko ^c   Kos, Janko ^d   Dolenc, Vinko ^e   Lah, Tamara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^d KRKA D D   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Brain cancer; Cathepsin B; Invasion; Stefin A

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; MESSENGER RNA; STEFIN A; CSTA PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYSTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INVASION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR INVASION; BRAIN; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENDOTHELIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CATHEPSIN B; CYSTATINS; ENDOTHELIUM; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RNA, MESSENGER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0011054510     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03376544     Document Type: Article

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