Experimental studies on the cell adhesion molecule E-cadherin and in vitro invasion of endometrial carcinoma cell lines

Acta Obstetrica et Gynaecologica Japonica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 335-342

  Okamura, Naoki ^a   Mori, Yasuhiro ^a   Endo, Toshiaki ^a   Ito, Eiki ^a   Kudo, Ryuichi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

E cadherin; Electron microscopy; Endometrial carcinoma; Invasion; Matrix metalloproteinase

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MATRIGEL; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RESEARCH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CADHERINS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES, MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029984789     PISSN: 03009165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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