Reduced connexin43 expression in high-grade human brain glioma cells

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-24

  Huang, Ruo Pan ^a   Hossain, Mohammad Z ^a   Sehgal, Anil ^a   Boynton, Alton L ^a  

^a NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Gap junction communication; Gliobastoma; Immunohistochemistry; Tumor suppressor

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INHIBITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032892110     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199901)70:1<21::AID-JSO4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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