Expression of HIWI in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is significantly associated with poorer prognosis

BMC Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  He, Wei ^a,b,c   Wang, Zhihui ^b,c   Wang, Qi ^d   Fan, Qingxia ^a   Shou, Chengcao ^e   Wang, Junsheng ^f   Giercksky, Karl Erik ^b,c   Nesland, Jahn M ^b,c   Suo, Zhenhe ^b,c  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^f Anyang Tumor Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIWI PROTEIN; PROTEIN HIWI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PIWIL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 74049085017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-426     Document Type: Article

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