Pathophysiological role of the activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases in poorly differentiated gastric cancer

Pathology International

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 635-644

  Atsumi, Tomoaki ^a   Kato, Katsuaki ^b,c   Uno, Kaname ^a   Iijima, Katsunori ^a   Koike, Tomoyuki ^a   Imatani, Akira ^a   Ohara, Syuichi ^a   Shimosegawa, Tooru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

E cadherin; F actin; Gastric cancer; p38 mitogen activated protein kinases; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; CLAUDIN 4; F ACTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38 INHIBITOR; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; UVOMORULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH MUCOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINS; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CADHERINS; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOSKELETON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRIDINES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548396411     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2007.02152.x     Document Type: Article

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