Anti-apoptotic N-cadherin signaling and its prognostic implication in human hepatocellular carcinomas

Oncology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1117-1123

  Gwak, Geum Youn ^a   Yoon, Jung Hwan ^a   Yu, Su Jong ^a   Park, Su Cheol ^a   Jang, Ja June ^a   Lee, Kyoung Bun ^a   Lee, Sung Hee ^a   Lee, Soo Mi ^a   Shin, Chan Soo ^a   Suh, Kyung Suk ^a   Lee, Hyo Suk ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 8; Hepatocellular carcinoma; N cadherin; Recurrence; Survival

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CADHERIN; CASP8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; CASPASE 8; TUMOR MARKER;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DOMINANT GENE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

APOPTOSIS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASPASE 8; CASPASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745009291     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.15.5.1117     Document Type: Article

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