Growth arrest-specific gene 6 expression in human breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1141-1146

  Mc Cormack, O ^a   Chung, W Y ^a   Fitzpatrick, P ^a   Cooke, F ^a   Flynn, B ^a   Harrison, M ^b   Fox, E ^a   Gallagher, E ^a   Goldrick, A Mc ^a   Dervan, P A ^a,b   Mc Cann, A ^a   Kerin, M J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Axl tyrosine kinase receptor; Breast cancer; Growth arrest specific gene 6; Progesterone receptor B

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 6; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B; PROTEIN AXL; PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 40849096161     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604260     Document Type: Article

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