Elevated Beclin 1 expression is correlated with HIF-1α in predicting poor prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Autophagy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-404

  Wan, Xiang Bo ^a,b   Fan, Xin Juan ^b   Chen, Ming Yuan ^a,b   Xiang, Jin ^a   Huang, Pei Yu ^a,b   Guo, Ling ^a,b   Wu, Xiang Yuan ^b   Xu, Jie ^a   Long, Zi Jie ^a,b   Zhao, Yan ^a   Zhou, Wei Hua ^a   Mai, Hai Qiang ^a,b   Liu, Quentin ^a,b   Hong, Ming Huang ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Beclin 1; HIF 1 ; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Prognostic marker

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953708091     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.6.3.11303     Document Type: Article

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