Increased cytoplasmic level of migfilin is associated with higher grades of human leiomyosarcoma

Histopathology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 499-508

  Papachristou, D J ^a   Gkretsi, V ^a   Tu, Y ^a   Shi, X ^a   Chen, K ^a   Larjava, H ^b   Rao, U N M ^a   Wu, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell matrix adhesion; Kindlin; Leiomyosarcoma; Mig 2; Migfilin; Tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

MIGFILIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MUSCLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548707077     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02791.x     Document Type: Article

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