Claudin-7 expression in human epithelial ovarian cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1262-1271

  Tassi, R A ^a   Bignotti, E ^a   Falchetti, M ^a   Ravanini, M ^a   Calza, S ^a   Ravaggi, A ^a   Bandiera, E ^a   Facchetti, F ^a   Pecorelli, S ^a   Santin, A D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Claudin 7 (CLDN 7); Differential gene expression; Epithelial ovarian cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Ovarian tumor marker; Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 7; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEALTH; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 55949087362     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2008.01194.x     Document Type: Article

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