Breast cancer metastatic potential: Correlation with increased heterotypic gap junctional intercellular communication between breast cancer cells and osteoblastic cells

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 693-697

  Kapoor, Preeti ^a   Saunders, Marnie M ^a   Li, Zhongyong ^a   Zhou, Zhiyi ^a   Sheaffer, Nate ^a   Kunze, Elaine L ^b   Samant, Rajeev S ^c   Welch, Danny R ^c,d   Donahue, Henry J ^a,e  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Breast cancer; Cadherin; Connexin; Gap junctional intercellular communication; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER METASTASIS SUPPRESSOR GENE; BRMS1 GENE; CANCER CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CONNEXINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OSTEOBLASTS; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 4043150786     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20318     Document Type: Article

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