Expression of Wnt gene family and frizzled receptors in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 455, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-75

  Díaz Prado, Silvia Maria ^a,b   Medina Villaamil, Vanessa ^b   Aparicio Gallego, Guadalupe ^b   Blanco Calvo, Moisés ^b   López Cedrún, José Luis ^b   Sironvalle Soliva, Sheila ^b   Valladares Ayerbes, Manuel ^b   García Campelo, Rosario ^b   Antón Aparicio, Luis M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frizzled; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Molecular marker; Quantitative real time PCR; Wnt

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; TUMOR MARKER; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 67650713564     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-009-0793-z     Document Type: Article

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