Colorectal cancers show distinct mutation spectra in members of the canonical WNT signaling pathway according to their anatomical location and type of genetic instability

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 746-759

  Albuquerque, Cristina ^a   Baltazar, Célia ^a   Filipe, Bruno ^a   Penha, Filipa ^a   Pereira, Teresa ^a   Smits, Ron ^b   Cravo, Marília ^a   Lage, Pedro ^a   Fidalgo, Paulo ^a   Claro, Isabel ^a   Rodrigues, Paula ^a   Veiga, Isabel ^c   Ramos, José Silva ^d   Fonseca, Isabel ^a   Leitão, Carlos Nobre ^a   Fodde, Riccardo ^e  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DOS CAPUCHOS   (Portugal)

^e JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; BETA CATENIN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENES, APC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 77953489241     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: 10982264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20786     Document Type: Article

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