Expression and prognostic significance of the αB-crystallin gene in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-305

  Tang, Qi ^a   Liu, Yue Fang ^a   Zhu, Xiao Jing ^a   Li, Yu Hua ^a   Zhu, Jin ^a,b   Zhang, Jian Ping ^c   Feng, Zhen Qing ^a   Guan, Xiao Hong ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Huadong Medical Institute of Biotechniques   (China)

^c THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CRYAB; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Prognosis; qPCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN GENE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RNA, NEOPLASM; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 59049100372     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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