Snail nuclear expression parallels higher malignancy potential in neuroendocrine lung tumors

Lung Cancer

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-295

  Galvan J A ^a   Gonzalez M V ^a   Crespo, G ^b   Folgueras, M V ^b   Astudillo, A ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

E cadherin; Immunohistochemistry; Neuroendocrine lung tumors; Snail; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 77955096156     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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