Frequent methylation of Vimentin in well-differentiated gastric carcinoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2227-2229

  Kitamura, Yo Hei ^a   Shirahata, Atsushi ^a   Sakata, Makiko ^a   Goto, Tetsuhiro ^a   Mizukami, Hiroki ^a   Saito, Mitsuo ^a   Ishibashi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kigawa, Gaku ^a   Nemoto, Hiroshi ^a   Sanada, Yutaka ^a   Hibi, Kenji ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric carcinoma; Quantitative methylation specific PCR; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

DNA; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SIZE; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 67650889117     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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