Increased expression of sonic hedgehog and altered methylation of its promoter region in gastric cancer and its related lesions

Modern Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 675-683

  Wang, Li Hui ^a,b   Choi, Yoon La ^c   Hua, Xuan Yan ^d,e   Shin, Young Kee ^a   Song, Young Jin ^d   Youn, Sei Jin ^d   Yun, Hyo Young ^d   Park, Seon Mee ^d   Kim, Wim Jae ^d   Kim, Hee Jin ^c   Choi, Jong Sun ^c   Kim, Seok Hyung ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Dysplasia; Gastric cancer; Intestinal metaplasia, methylation; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 33646137574     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800573     Document Type: Article

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