Human chorionic gonadotropin β (HCGβ) down-regulates E-cadherin and promotes human prostate carcinoma cell migration and invasion

Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-78

  Wu, Wei ^a   Walker, Ameae M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell migration; E cadherin; Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG ); Metastasis; Prostate carcinoma; Tumor invasion

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; EDETIC ACID; TRYPSIN; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INVASION; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRAIN DU145; CELL STRAIN PC3; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PSEUDOPODIUM;

CADHERINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLLAGEN; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; LAMININ; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 29744435500     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21549     Document Type: Article

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