Immunohistochemical comparison of β-catenin expression by human normal epidermis and epidermal tumors

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 746-753

  Fukumaru, Keiko ^a   Yoshii, Noriko ^a   Kanzaki, Tamotsu ^a   Kanekura, Takuro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; Differentiation; Malignant and benign epidermal tumors; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; KERATOACANTHOMA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

BETA CATENIN; BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; KERATOACANTHOMA; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WARTS;

EID: 35648950557     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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