Deciphering the molecular basis of breast cancer metastasis with mouse models

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-213

  Vernon, Ann E ^a   Bakewell, Suzanne J ^a   Chodosh, Lewis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Breast cancer; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CADHERIN; CATHEPSIN; CYSTEINE; DISINTEGRIN; ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB; INTEGRIN; LAPATINIB; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRASTUZUMAB;

BONE METASTASIS; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRAVASATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; MESENCHYME CELL; MODEL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL ADHESION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; MICE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 34948841965     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-007-9041-5     Document Type: Review

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