Up-regulation of Lewis enzyme (Fuc-TIII) and plasma-type α1,3fucosyltransferase (Fuc-TVI) expression determines the augmented expression of sialyl Lewis X antigen in non-small cell lung cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-79

  Togayachi, Akira ^a   Kudo, Takashi ^a   Ikehara, Yuzuru ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroko ^a   Nishihara, Shoko ^a   Andoh, Toshiwo ^a   Higashiyama, Masahiko ^b   Kodama, Ken ^b   Nakamori, Shoji ^c   Narimatsu, Hisashi ^a  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD15; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENOTYPE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0032822525     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990924)83:1<70::AID-IJC14>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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