Overexpression of human Dickkopf-1, an antagonist of wingless/WNT signaling, in human hepatoblastomas and Wilms' tumors

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 429-434

  Wirths, Oliver ^a   Waha, Anke ^a   Weggen, Sascha ^a   Schirmacher, Peter ^b   Kühne, Thomas ^c   Goodyer, Cynthia G ^d   Albrecht, Steffen ^d   Von Schweinitz, Dietrich ^c   Pietsch, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; AQUAPORIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DICKKOPF 1 GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIVER TUMOR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037344296     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.LAB.0000059926.66359.BD     Document Type: Article

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