Decreased expression of galectin-3 is associated with progression of human breast cancer

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-48

  Castronovo, Vincent ^a,b   Van den Brûle, Frédéric A ^a,b   Jackers, Pascale ^b   Clausse, Nathalie ^b   Liu, Fu Tong ^c   Gillet, Claudette ^a   Sobel, Mark E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Expression; Galectin 3; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOWN-REGULATION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GALECTIN 3; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029899818     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199605)179:1<43::AID-PATH541>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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