Cytoplasmic expression of E-cadherin and β-catenin correlated with LOH and hypermethylation of the APC gene in oral squamous cell carcinomas

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-119

  Gao, Shan ^a,e   Eiberg, Hans ^b   Krogdahl, Annelise ^c   Liu, Chung Ji ^d   Sørensen, Jens Ahm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Catenin; Adenomatous polyposis coli; Hypermethylation; Loss of heterozygosity; Oral squamous cell carcinomas

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DNA; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHYLATION; MOUTH CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; GENES, APC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 12444338809     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2004.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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