Mutations and nuclear accumulation of β-catenin correlate with intestinal phenotypic expression in human gastric cancer

Histopathology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 612-621

  Ogasawara, N ^a,b   Tsukamoto, T ^a   Mizoshita, T ^a   Inada, K ^a   Cao, X ^a   Takenaka, Y ^a   Joh, T ^b   Tatematsu, M ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; Adenomatous polyposis coli gene (APC); Gastric cancer; Intestinal phenotypic expression; Nuclear accumulation

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; APC GENE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA CATENIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845541783     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02560.x     Document Type: Article

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