OCT4 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma and its clinical significance

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-109

  Huang, Pin Zhu ^a   Lu, Can Liang ^a   Li, Bin Kui ^a   Hong, Jian ^a   Huang, Liang ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Yuan, Yun Fei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Cell line; Liver neoplasm; OCT4A (POU5F1_IA); Semi quantitative RT PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 78650337190     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5732/cjc.009.10232     Document Type: Article

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