Relationship of fibronectin and CD44v6 expression with invasive growth and metastasis of liver cancer

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 324-328

  Jha, Rajiv K ^a   Ma, Qingyong ^a   Chen, Shahuan ^a   Sha, Huanchen ^a   Ding, Siqin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CD44v6; Fibronectin; Immunohistochemistry; Liver cancer; Tumor metastasis

Indexed keywords

CD44V6 ANTIGEN; FIBRONECTIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MESENCHYME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD44; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 63349093123     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900802375753     Document Type: Article

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