Expression of hepatocyte growth factor and c-Met in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-94

  Kim, Chul Ho ^a   Moon, Sung Kyun ^a   Bae, Joon Ho ^a   Jae, Ho Lee ^a   Jae, Ho Han ^a   Kim, Kyubo ^b   Eun, Chang Choi ^b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

c Met; Hepatocyte growth factor; Hypopharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

EID: 28844489538     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510037014     Document Type: Article

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