The phosphorylated form of connexin43 is up-regulated in breast hyperplasias and carcinomas and in their neoformed capillaries

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 536-545

  Gould, Victor E ^a   Mosquera, Juan Miguel ^a   Leykauf, Kerstin ^b   Gattuso, Paolo ^a   Dürst, Matthias ^c   Alonso, Angel ^b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinomas; Connexin43; Gap junctions; Immunohistochemistry; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CONNEXIN 43; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; UPREGULATION;

BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAPILLARIES; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 20144382766     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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