Accumulation of β-catenin in the cytoplasm and the nuclei during the early hepatic tumorigenesis

Hepatology Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 126-135

  Murata, Masaru ^a   Miyoshi, Yasuo ^b   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^a   Shibata, Kunitaka ^a   Ohta, Toshiyuki ^a   Imai, Yasuharu ^a   Nishikawa, Masahiro ^a   Iwao, Kyoko ^b   Tateishi, Hideo ^a   Shimano, Takashi ^a   Kobayashi, Tetsuro ^a   Nakamura, Yusuke ^b,c  

^a Ikeda Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Differentiation; Dysplastic nodule; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Tumorigenesis; Catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER NODULE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0034807721     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(01)00116-4     Document Type: Article

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