Expression of cancer-testis antigen (CTA) in tumor tissues and peripheral blood of Chinese patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Life Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 744-748

  Wu, Li Qun ^a   Lu, Yun ^a   Wang, Xue Feng ^a   Lv, Zhen Hua ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a   Yang, Jin Yong ^a  

^a Affiliated Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer testis antigen; Carcinoma; Gene; Hepatocellular; RT PCR; SSX 2; SSX 5

Indexed keywords

CANCER TESTIS ANTIGEN; CANCER TESTIS ANTIGEN SSX 2; CANCER TESTIS ANTIGEN SSX 5; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TISSUE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745654076     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.02.024     Document Type: Article

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