Cadherin-catenin complex and transcription factor Snail-1 in spindle cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 453, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-274

  Zidar, Nina ^a   Gale, Nina ^a   Kojc, Nika ^a   Volavšek, Metka ^a   Cardesa, Antonio ^b   Alos, Llucia ^b   Höfler, Heinz ^c,d   Blechschmidt, Kareen ^c   Becker, Karl Friedrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catenin; Catenin; Catenin; E cadherin; N cadherin; Pathogenesis; Snail 1; Spindle cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLAKOGLOBIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA CELL;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CATENINS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 51749124653     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0649-y     Document Type: Article

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