Proteolysis-inducing factor is expressed in tumours of patients with gastrointestinal cancers and correlates with weight loss

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1599-1601

  Cabal Manzano, R ^a   Bhargava, P ^a,b,b   Torres Duarte, A ^c   Marshall, J ^a   Wainer, I W ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humans; Proteolysis inducing factor; Tumour expression; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

CACHECTIC FACTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEOLYSIS INDUCING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; BLOOD PROTEINS; CACHEXIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0035875488     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2001.1830     Document Type: Article

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