Expression of LUN gene that encodes a novel RING finger protein is correlated with development and progression of non-small cell lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-28

  Oyanagi, Hiroki ^a   Takenaka, Kazumasa ^a   Ishikawa, Shinya ^a   Kawano, Yozo ^a   Adachi, Yoshifumi ^b   Ueda, Kunihiro ^a   Wada, Hiromi ^a   Tanaka, Fumihiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; complementary DNA; H E; hematoxylin and eosin; LUN; Lung cancer; Metastasis; non small cell lung cancer; NSCLC; really interesting new gene; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; RING; RING finger protein; RT PCR; TNM; tumor node metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGED; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SMOKING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 4444238706     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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