Crosstalk between tumor cells and microenvironment via Wnt pathway in colorectal cancer dissemination

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1823-1827

  Huang, Dan ^a   Du, Xiang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Invasion; Microenvironment; Wnt; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CYCLIN D1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; HERMES ANTIGEN; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 2; LAMININ ALPHA2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; MYC PROTEIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN C JUN; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 1; UROKINASE; UROKINASE RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; METASTASIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 42149114501     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.1823     Document Type: Review

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