Loss of membrane localization and aberrant nuclear E-cadherin expression correlates with invasion in pancreatic endocrine tumors

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 413-419

  Chetty, Runjan ^a,b   Serra, Stefano ^a   Asa, Sylvia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

catenin; E cadherin; Endocrine tumors; Pancreas; Wnt pathway

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; UVOMORULIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PANCREAS TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 40849120049     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31813547f8     Document Type: Article

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