Expression of sonic hedgehog signal transducers, patched and smoothened, in human basal cell carcinoma

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 687-694

  Tojo, Michiko ^a   Mori, Tetsuji ^a   Kiyosawa, Hidenori ^a   Honma, Yutaka ^a   Tanno, Yoshihiro ^a   Kanazawa, Ken Ya ^a   Yokoya, Sachihiko ^a   Kaneko, Fumio ^a   Wanaka, Akio ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; In situ hybridization; mRNA; Patched; Smoothened

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032693930     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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