Adhesion molecules α, β and γ-catenin as prognostic factors of tumour progression in upper urinary tract urothelial tumours: The role of AKT-P/GSK-3β/β-catenin pathway

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-106

  Izquierdo, Laura ^a   Truan, David ^a   Petit, Anna ^a   Gutiérrez, Rafael ^a   Mallofré, Carme ^a   Alcaraz, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

AKT; Catenin; Survival prognostic factor; Upper urinary tract; Urothelial cancer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA CATENIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR GROWTH; URINARY TRACT TUMOR; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATENINS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 67650503519     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08292.x     Document Type: Article

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