Immunohistochemical staining of hedgehog pathway-related proteins in human thymomas

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6 A, 2005, Pages 3697-3701

  Tasaki, Akira ^a   Akiyoshi, Takashi ^a   Koga, Kenichiro ^a   Nakashima, Hiroshi ^a   Yamanaka, Naoki ^a   Kubo, Makoto ^a   Matsumoto, Kotaro ^a   Kojima, Masayuki ^a   Tanaka, Masao ^a   Nakamura, Masafumi ^a   Katano, Mitsuo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hedgehog signaling pathway; Thymoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; HEDGEHOG PATHWAY RELATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN PATCHED; PROTEIN SMOOTHENED; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADULT; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOMA; THYMUS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 27844601626     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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