Possible role of galectin-9 in cell aggregation and apoptosis of human melanoma cell lines and its clinical significance

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 809-816

  Kageshita, Toshiro ^a,c   Kashio, Yumiko ^b   Yamauchi, Akira ^b   Seki, Masako ^b   Abedin, Mohammad Jainul ^b   Nishi, Nozomu ^b   Shoji, Hiroki ^b   Nakamura, Takanori ^b   Ono, Tomomichi ^a   Hirashima, Mitsuomi ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell aggregation; Galectin 9; Melanoma cell; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ECALECTIN; GALECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANNEXIN A5; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL AGGREGATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DNA PRIMERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GALECTINS; HUMANS; LECTINS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037142179     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10436     Document Type: Article

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