Ceramide galactosyltransferase (UGT8) is a molecular marker of breast cancer malignancy and lung metastases

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 524-531

  Dziegiel P ^a,e,f   Owczarek, T ^b   Plazuk E ^c   Gomukiewicz, A ^a   Majchrzak, M ^a   Podhorska Okoow M ^a   Driouch, K ^d   Lidereau, R ^d   Ugorski, M ^b,c  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^f Wroclaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

breast cancer; GalCer; metastasis; molecular marker; UGT8

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER TISSUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; MESENCHYME CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANK SUM TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDE GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955490748     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605750     Document Type: Article

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