Morphogenesis and biological significance of spindle cell transformation in a spindle cell carcinoma

Cancer Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-71

  Kim, Eun Jung ^a   Che, Zhong Min ^a   Park, Young Jin ^a   Hwang, Young Sun ^a   Kim, Ki Yeol ^a   Jung, Da Woon ^a   Jeon, Nam Kyung ^b   Choi, Young Wook ^b   Lee, Eun Ju ^c   Kim, Jin ^a  

^a Research Institute of Food and Nutritional Sciences   (South Korea)

^b Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^c Daejeon Health Sciences College   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Invasiveness; Microenvironment; Spindle cell carcinoma; Spindle cell transformation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCHYME; MICROENVIRONMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPITHELIUM; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MALE; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 58749087336     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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