A hyaluronan synthase suppressor, 4-methylumbelliferone, inhibits the tumor invasion associated with N-cadherin decreasement

Pathology International

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 262-263

  Kuwabara, Hiroko ^a   Yoneda, Masahiko ^b   Hayasaki, Hana ^a   Nakamura, Toshiya ^c   Shibayama, Yuro ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; HYALURONIC ACID; HYMECROMONE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN;

CANCER INVASION; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPHOMA CELL LINE; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYMECROMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79952801314     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2011.02660.x     Document Type: Letter

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