Comparative analysis of α2,3/2,6-linked N-acetylneuraminic acid and cytokeratin expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Oncology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-301

  Chovanec, Martin ^a   Plzák, Jan ^a   Jan, Betka ^a   Brabec, Jirí ^a   Kodet, Roman ^a   Smetana Jr , Karel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Lectin histochemistry; Sialic acid; Squamous cell cancer

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PLANT LECTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTINYLATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPITHELIUM; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LARYNX; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METABOLISM; MOUTH MUCOSA; PHENOTYPE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TONGUE;

BIOTINYLATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; EPITHELIUM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KERATINS; LARYNX; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOUTH MUCOSA; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LECTINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TONGUE;

EID: 16544368508     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.12.2.297     Document Type: Article

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