Molecular factors related to metastasis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Esophagus

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-18

  Shimada, Yutaka ^a   Sato, Fumiaki ^b  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Hematogenous metastasis; Isolated tumor cell; Lymph node metastasis; Metastatic potential

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; AURORA A KINASE; AUTOCRINE MOTILITY FACTOR; CADHERIN; CANCER GROWTH FACTOR; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CAVEOLIN 1; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; DESMOGLEIN 1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FASCIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR BOUND PROTEIN 7; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; KILLER CELL ACTIVATING RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; OSTEOPONTIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; THROMBOMODULIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 33947525133     PISSN: 16129059     EISSN: 16129067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10388-006-0101-9     Document Type: Review

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