Immunohistochemical expression of DNA methyltransferases 1, 3a and 3b in oral leukoplakias and squamous cell carcinomas

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1024-1030

  Daniel, Filipe Ivan ^a,b   Rivero, Elena Riet Correa ^b   Modolo, Filipe ^b   Lopes, Tiago Giuliani ^a   Salum, Fernanda Gonalves ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Leukoplakia; Methyltransferase; Oral cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

DNA (CYTOSINE 5 ) METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449265207     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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