Hedgehog signaling is activated in subsets of esophageal cancers

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-148

  Ma, Xiaoli ^a   Sheng, Tao ^b   Zhang, Yuanxin ^a   Zhang, Xiaoli ^b   He, Jing ^b   Huang, Shuhong ^a   Chen, Kai ^b   Sultz, Josh ^b   Adegboyega, Patrick A ^b   Zhang, Hongwei ^a   Xie, Jingwu ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclopamine; Esophageal cancer; GI cancer; Smoothened; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLII; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERATRUM ALKALOIDS;

EID: 27944470037     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21295     Document Type: Article

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