Aberrant Notch3 and Notch4 expression in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Liver International

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 997-1007

  Gramantieri, Laura ^a   Giovannini, Catia ^a   Lanzi, Arianna ^a   Chieco, Pasquale ^a   Ravaioli, Matteo ^a   Venturi, Annamaria ^a   Grazi, Gian Luca ^a   Bolondi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCC; HES1; HES6; Notch3; Notch4

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR; NOTCH4 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UPREGULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLOTTING, FAR-WESTERN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34547867407     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01544.x     Document Type: Article

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