Nonmalignant epithelial cells, potentially invasive in human endometriosis, lack the tumor suppressor molecule E-cadherin

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 461-467

  Gaetje, Regine ^a   Kotzian, Silvia ^a   Herrmann, Günter ^a   Baumann, Rudolf ^a   Starzinski Powitz, Anna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Humangenetik F Biologen Der G   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

CADHERINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031028486     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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