Influence of E-cadherin dysfunction upon local invasion and metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-95

  Shibanuma, Hiroyuki ^a   Hirano, Takashi ^a   Tsuji, Ko ^a   Qingfang, Wu ^a   Shrestha, Bijayee ^a   Konaka, Chimori ^a   Ebihara, Yoshiro ^a   Kato, Harubumi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catenin; Catenin; Clinicopathological analysis; E Cadherin; Lung cancer; Plakoglobin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL ADHESION; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS;

EID: 0032466624     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(98)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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