Telomerase activity and expression of human telomerase catalytic subunit gene in esophageal tissues

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 418-427

  Tominaga, Tatsuro ^a   Kashimura, Hiromasa ^a   Suzuki, Kaori ^a   Nakahara, Akira ^a   Tanaka, Naomi ^a   Noguchi, Masayuki ^a   Itabashi, Masayuki ^b   Ohkawa, Jun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT); Normal esophageal epithelium; Telomerase activity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL; ENZYMOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TELOMERASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035990073     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350200061     Document Type: Article

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