Differential expression of thrombospondin 2 in primary and metastatic malignant melanoma

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-169

  Kunz, Manfred ^a   Koczan, D ^a   Ibrahim, S M ^a   Gillitzer, R ^a   Gross, G ^a   Thiesen, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Metastasis; Microarray analysis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR; SCLEROPROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR ANTIGEN; DESMOPLAKIN; RNA; THROMBOSPONDIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; ONCOGENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA PROBE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; UPREGULATION;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA PROBES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO; MELANOMA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THROMBOSPONDINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UP-REGULATION; DESMOPLAKINS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036022532     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550260132424     Document Type: Article

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