Melanoma progression exhibits a significant impact on connexin expression patterns in the epidermal tumor microenvironment

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-124

  Haass, Nikolas K ^a,b,c,d   Ripperger, D ^a   Wladykowski, E ^a   Dawson, P ^e   Gimotty, P A ^e   Blome, C ^a   Fischer, F ^a   Schmage, P ^a   Moll, I ^a   Brandner, Johanna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Cell cell communication; Cx26; Cx30; Gap junctions; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MICROENVIRONMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE STRATUM GRANULOSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EPITHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNEXINS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 76949089847     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-009-0654-5     Document Type: Article

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