The stem cell-associated Hiwi gene in human adenocarcinoma of the pancreas: Expression and risk of tumour-related death

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1083-1088

  Grochola, L F ^a,c   Greither, T ^b   Taubert, H ^b   Moller P ^a   Knippschild, U ^a   Udelnow, A ^a   Henne Bruns, D ^a   Wurl P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hiwi; Pancreatic carcinoma; Prognosis; Tissue microdissection

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STEM CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 53049109462     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604653     Document Type: Article

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