Snail accelerates cancer invasion by upregulating MMP expression and is associated with poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 252-258

  Miyoshi, A ^a   Kitajima, Y ^a   Kido, S ^a   Shimonishi, T ^a   Matsuyama, S ^a   Kitahara, K ^a   Miyazaki, K ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer invasion; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Matrix metalloproteinase; Snail

Indexed keywords

MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UPREGULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 14844297318     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602266     Document Type: Article

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