Differential expression of galectin-3 in advancing thyroid cancer cells: A clue toward understanding tumour progression and metastasis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 856-859

  Htwe, T T ^a   Karim, N ^c   Wong, J ^d   Jahanfar, S ^b   Mansur, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b Public Health Discipline   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL RAJA PERMAISURI BAINUN   (Malaysia)

^d SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Galectin 3; Metastasis; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

GALAPTIN; GALECTIN 3; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GALECTIN 3; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650073898     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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