Expression of thymosin β10 and its role in non-small cell lung cancer

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-124

  Gu, Yumei ^a   Wang, Changshu ^b   Wang, Yang ^a   Qiu, Xueshan ^a   Wang, Enhua ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Non small cell lung cancer; Thymosin 10; VEGF; VEGF C

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN BETA10; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN C; THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN BETA(10); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER TISSUE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UPREGULATION; GENETICS; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH VESSEL; METABOLISM; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMOSIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C;

EID: 56249127097     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.06.023     Document Type: Article

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