β- and gamma;-catenin expression in endometrial carcinoma. Relationship with clinicopathological features and microsatellite instability

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 438, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 464-469

  Palacios, José ^a,b   Catasús, Lluis ^c   Moreno Bueno, Gema ^a,b   Matias Guiu, Xavier ^c   Prat, Jaime ^c   Gamallo, Carlos ^b  

^a Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catenin; Catenin; Endometrial carcinoma; Microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERUS BIOPSY;

BETA CATENIN; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DNA, NEOPLASM; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAMMA CATENIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0035036476     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280000371     Document Type: Article

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