ILK expression in human basal cell carcinoma correlates with epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers and tumour invasion

Histopathology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 799-809

  Papanikolaou, Sofia ^a   Bravou, Vasiliki ^a   Gyftopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Nakas, Dimitrios ^b   Repanti, Maria ^b   Papadaki, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

BCC; E cadherin; EMT; ILK; Snail

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; INTEGRIN LINKED KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UVOMORULIN; CADHERIN; INTEGRIN-LINKED KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER INVASION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR GROWTH; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR INVASION;

GASTROPODA;

BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951707634     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03556.x     Document Type: Article

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