Abnormal β-catenin expression in oral cancer with no gene mutation: Correlation with expression of cyclin D1 and epidermal growth factor receptor, Ki-67 labeling index, and clinicopathological features

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-241

  Odajima, Tetsuyo ^a   Sasaki, Yasushi ^b   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^c   Kato Mori, Yuko ^c   Asanuma, Hiroko ^a   Ikeda, Tatsuru ^a   Satoh, Masaaki ^a   Hiratsuka, Hiroyoshi ^c   Tokino, Takashi ^b   Sawada, Norimasa ^c  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclin D1; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Ki 67 tumor progression; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Catenin gene mutation

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 20144380148     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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