Alterations of E-cadherin, α-catenin and β-catenin expression in neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 440, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-154

  Li, Chiun ^a   Xu, Bing ^a   Hirokawa, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Qian, Zhirong ^a   Yoshimoto, Katsuhiko ^a   Horiguchi, Hidehisa ^a   Tashiro, Takashi ^a   Sano, Toshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catenin; Catenin; E cadherin; Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors; Immunohistochemistry; Ki 67

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; UVOMORULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE WALL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA CATENIN; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE, PERIPHERAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0036182725     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280100529     Document Type: Article

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