Activation of hedgehog signaling is not a frequent event in ovarian cancers

Molecular Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Yang, Ling ^a,b,c   He, Jing ^b   Huang, Shuhong ^a   Zhang, Xiaoli ^b,c   Bian, Yuehong ^a   He, Nonggao ^b   Zhang, Hongwei ^a   Xie, Jingwu ^b,c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN HIP1; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARY CANCER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVARY TUMOR;

ERINACEIDAE;

FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 71549129295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14764598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-8-112     Document Type: Article

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