PTEN protein expression correlates with PTEN gene molecular changes but not with VEGF expression in astrocytomas

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 160-165

  Idoate, Miguel A ^a   Soria, E ^a   Lozano, M D ^a   Sola, J J ^a   Panizo, A ^a   De Alava, E ^a   Manrique, M ^a   Pardo Mindan F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocytomas; Carcinogenesis; FISH; Gliomas; Immunocytochemistry; PTEN; VEGF

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CHROMOSOME 10; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE PROBE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0042388351     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019606-200309000-00007     Document Type: Article

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