Suppressed gap junctional intercellular communication in carcinogenesis of endometrium

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 317-323

  Saito, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nishimura, Makoto ^a   Kudo, Ryuichi ^a   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^b,c  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecule; Connexin; HRT; Immunohistochemistry; Ovarian steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035426925     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1350     Document Type: Article

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