Silencing of secreted frizzled-related protein genes in MSI colorectal carcinogenesis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 85, 2008, Pages 1265-1268

  Tanaka, Junichiro ^a   Watanabe, Toshiaki ^a   Kanazawa, Takamitsu ^a   Tada, Tomohiro ^a   Kazama, Yoshihiro ^a   Tanaka, Toshiaki ^a   Nagawa, Hirokazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methylation; Methylation specific PCR; Microsatellite instability; Secreted frizzled related protein; Wnt signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SFRP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SFRP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SFRP5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON TUMOR; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DNA METHYLATION; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 58149389986     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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