Alterations of frizzled (FzE3) and secreted frizzled related protein (hsFRP) expression in gastric cancer

Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 483-489

  To, K F ^a   Chan, Michael W Y ^a   Leung, W K ^a   Yu, J ^a   Tong, Joanna H M ^a   Lee, T L ^a   Chan, Francis K L ^a   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Catenin; Frizzled protein; Frizzled related protein; Gastric cancer

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ONCOGENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0035861791     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(01)01422-9     Document Type: Article

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