Distinct patterns of E-cadherin CpG island methylation in papillary, follicular, hurthle's cell, and poorly differentiated human thyroid carcinoma

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2063-2066

  Graff, Jeremy R ^a,c   Greenberg, Victoria E ^a,b   Herman, James G ^a   Westra, William H ^d   Boghaert, Erwin R ^a,b   Ain, Kenneth B ^b   Saji, Motoyasu ^a   Zeiger, Martha A ^a   Zimmer, Stephen G ^a,b   Baylin, Stephen B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHYLATION; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

CADHERINS; CARCINOMA; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 15144350589     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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