A possible role for the WNT-1 pathway in oral carcinogenesis

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 152-165

  Lo Muzio, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

APC; Axin; Beta catenin; Cadherin; Gamma catenin; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; TCF, LEF 1; Wnt 1

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; AXIN; BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; MYC PROTEIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UVOMORULIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C JUN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0035013507     PISSN: 10454411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10454411010120020501     Document Type: Article

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