Up-regulation of macrophage wnt gene expression in adenoma-carcinoma progression of human colorectal cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 496-502

  Smith, K ^a   Bui, T D ^b   Poulsom, R ^c   Kaklamanis, L ^d   Williams, G ^c   Harris, A L ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^d ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Human colorectal cancer; In situ hybridization; Macrophages; Tumour progression; Wnt genes

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACROPHAGES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; WNT PROTEINS; WNT2 PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0032837683     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690721     Document Type: Article

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