Intramucosal distribution of WNT signaling components in human esophagus

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-337

  Ali, Irshad ^a   Rafiee, Parvaneh ^b   Zheng, Yue ^a   Johnson, Christopher ^b   Banerjee, Banani ^a   Haasler, George ^b   Jacob, Howard ^a   Shaker, Reza ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dickkopf homologs; Frizzled; Secreted frizzled related protein 1; Squamous mucosa; T cell speci.c transcription factor 3; Wingless type MMTV integration site family members

Indexed keywords

WNT PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; DKK3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; LIGAND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SFRP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LASER; METABOLISM; MICRODISSECTION; MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGUS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LASERS; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICRODISSECTION; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 65549105061     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31816256ff     Document Type: Article

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