Expression of E-cadherin, α- and β-catenin, and CD44V6 and the subcellular localization of E-cadherin and CD44V6 in normal epidermis and basal cell carcinoma

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1328-1335

  Kooy, Angela J W ^a   Tank, Bhupendra ^a   De Jong, Anton A W ^a   Vuzevski, Vojislav D ^a   Van Der Kwast, Theodorus H ^a   Van Joost, Theodoor ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; CD44V6; E cadherin; and catenin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CD44V ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; DOWN REGULATION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0032693232     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90064-3     Document Type: Article

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