Dysfunction of the E-cadherin/catenin cell adhesion cascade in epithelial cancers (review)

Oncology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 793-803

  Raftopoulos, I S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

catenins; differentiation; E cadherin; epithelial cancers; metastasis; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; CALCIUM ION; CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

EID: 0029977345     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.3.4.793     Document Type: Review

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