Expression of E-cadherin, Snail and Hakai in epithelial cells isolated from the primary tumor and from peritumoral tissue of invasive ductal breast carcinomas

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1128-1137

  Makdissi, F B A ^a,b   Machado, L V S T ^a   Oliveira, A G C ^a,b   Benvenuti, T T ^a   Katayama, M L H ^a   Brentani, M M ^a   Osorio C A B T ^b   Mourao Netto M ^b   Lyra, E C ^a,c   Carvalho, F ^b   Goes J C S ^c   Folgueira, M A A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Brasileiro de Controle do Câncer   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; E cadherin; Hakai; Snail

Indexed keywords

HAKAI PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 73349104117     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2009001200002     Document Type: Article

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