Association of histochemical expression of Maackia amurensis leukoagglutinin-positive glycoconjugates with behaviour of human gastric cancer

Histopathology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-245

  Tang, Wei ^a   Mafune, K ^a   Nakata, M ^b   Konishi, T ^c   Kojima, N ^b   Mizuochi, T ^b   Makuuchi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kanto Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Histochemistry; Lectin; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; SIALIC ACID; TRISACCHARIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAACKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIALYLATION; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MAACKIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PLANT LECTINS; PROGNOSIS; SIALIC ACIDS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

MAACKIA; MAACKIA AMURENSIS;

EID: 0037347084     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2003.01557.x     Document Type: Article

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