Expression of e-cadherin, α-catenin, β-catenin and plakoglobin in esophageal carcinomas and its prognostic significance

Oncology (Switzerland)

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 158-165

  Nakanishi, Yukihiro ^a   Ochiai, Atsushi ^a   Akimoto, Shingo ^a   Kato, Hoichi ^b   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^b   Tachimori, Yuji ^b   Yamamoto, Seiichiro ^a   Hirohashi, Setsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

E cadherin; Esophageal cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Plakoglobin; Catenin; Catenin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAMMA CATENIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0031058273     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: 14230232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000227681     Document Type: Article

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