Mutational activation of the RAS-RAF-MAPK and the wnt pathway in small intestinal adenocarcinomas

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 748-753

  Blaker H ^a   Helmchen, B ^a   Bonisch A ^a   Aulmann, S ^a   Penzel, R ^a   Otto, H F ^a   Rieker, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

catenin; APC; BRAF; KRAS; Small intestinal adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ONCOGENE B RAF; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA CATENIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, APC; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RAF KINASES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 4143056826     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520410005847     Document Type: Article

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