SNAI1 expression and the mesenchymal phenotype: An immunohistochemical study performed on 46 cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma

BMC Clinical Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Schwock, Joerg ^a   Bradley, Grace ^b   Ho, James C ^b   Perez Ordonez, Bayardo ^a   Hedley, David W ^a   Irish, Jonathan C ^b   Geddie, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCAL ADHESION KINASE 1; PROTEIN P63; SNAIL HOMOLOG 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; FOCAL ADHESION; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 77749268061     PISSN: 14726890     EISSN: 14726890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6890-10-1     Document Type: Article

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