N-cadherin expression is correlated with metastasis of spindle cell carcinoma of head and neck region

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-82

  Nguyen, Phuong T ^a   Kudo, Yasusei ^a   Yoshida, Maki ^a   Iizuka, Shinji ^a   Ogawa, Ikuko ^b   Takata, Takashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; N cadherin; Spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; RNA; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MANDIBLE CANCER; MAXILLA CANCER; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 78650781453     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2010.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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