Clinicopathologic and prognostic values of Apolipoprotein D alterations in hepatocellular carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-109

  Utsunomiya, Tohru ^a   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Yoshinaga, Keiji ^a   Ohta, Mitsuhiko ^a   Yamashita, Keishi ^b   Mimori, Koshi ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a   Ezaki, Takahiro ^c   Yoshikawa, Yasuji ^a   Mori, Masaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein D; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Histological grade; Methylation; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN D; AZACITIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHYLATION; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS; APOLIPOPROTEINS D; AZACITIDINE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 20444432760     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20986     Document Type: Article

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