Stromal expression of fibroblast activation protein/seprase, a cell membrane serine proteinase and gelatinase, is associated with longer survival in patients with invasive ductal carcinoma of breast

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-72

  Ariga, Naohiro ^a,b   Sato, Eiichi ^b   Ohuchi, Noriaki ^b   Nagura, Hiroshi ^b   Ohtani, Haruo ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibroblast activation protein; Fibroblasts; Seprase; Stromal reaction; Tissue remodeling

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION PROTEIN; GELATINASE; SEPRASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA CELL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CELL MEMBRANE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GELATINASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCOLLAGEN; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STROMAL CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035915797     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0215(20010120)95:1<67::AID-IJC1012>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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