Overexpression of Ets-like protein 1 in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 48, 2006, Pages 7859-7863

  Chen, An Guo ^a   Yu, Zai Cheng ^a   Yu, Xin Feng ^b   Cao, Wen Feng ^b   Ding, Fang ^b   Liu, Zhi Hua ^b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Ets like protein 1; Immunohistochemistry; Tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELK 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846191991     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7859     Document Type: Article

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