Increased expression of insulin-like growth factor 2 in hepatocellular carcinoma is primarily regulated at the transcriptional level

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-311

  Sohda, Tetsuro ^b   Yun, Kankatsu ^a   Iwata, Kaoru ^b   Soejima, Hidenobu ^a   Okumura, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029840654     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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