Expression of α2,6-sialic acid-containing and lewis-active glycolipids in several types of human ovarian carcinomas

Oncology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1061-1066

  Tanaka, Kyoko ^a   Mikami, Mikio ^b   Aoki, Daisuke ^a   Kiguchi, Kazushige ^c   Ishiwata, Isamu ^d   Iwamori, Masao ^e  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Ishiwata Gynecologic Hospital   (Japan)

^e KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood group; Gangliosides; Glycolipids; Ovarian cancer; Serous cystadenocarcinoma; Tumor associated antigen

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; GANGLIOSIDE; GLYCOLIPID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SIALYL LEWIS X ANTIGEN; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CARCINOMA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957931114     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2010.171     Document Type: Article

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