Molecular pathogenesis of malignant mesothelioma and its relationship to simian virus 40

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-181

  Gazdar, Adi F ^a   Carbone, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Asbestos; Carcinogenicity; SV40

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; SMOKING HABIT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0347600558     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CLC.2003.n.031     Document Type: Article

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