Expression analysis and study of KLK4 in benign and malignant breast tumours

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 381-387

  Papachristopoulou, Georgia ^a,b   Avgeris, Margaritis ^a   Scorilas, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Oncology 6th IKA Hospital G Gennimatas   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Breast cancer; Kallikreins; KLK4; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; KALLIKREIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RNA; TISSUE KALLIKREIN; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KALLIKREIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA ISOLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUMOR CELL LINE; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; KALLIKREINS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; ROC CURVE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62449163834     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-01-0037     Document Type: Article

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