Dysregulated expression of HOX and ParaHOX genes in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Oncology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 753-760

  Takahashi, Osamu ^a,b   Hamada, Jun Ichi ^a   Abe, Motoki ^a,b   Hata, Shinya ^a   Asano, Toshimichi ^a,b   Takahashi, Yoko ^a   Tada, Mitsuhiro ^a   Miyamoto, Masaki ^b   Kondo, Satoshi ^b   Moriuchi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Homeobox gene; HOX; ParaHOX; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 34249930780     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.17.4.753     Document Type: Article

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