TAZ/WWTR1 is overexpressed in papillary thyroid carcinoma

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 926-933

  De Cristofaro, Tiziana ^a   Di Palma, Tina ^a   Ferraro, Angelo ^b   Corrado, Alessia ^c   Lucci, Valeria ^a,d   Franco, Renato ^c   Fusco, Alfredo ^a   Zannini, Mariastella ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Papillary thyroid carcinoma; TAZ; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PDZ PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL COACTIVATOR WITH PDZ BINDING MOTIF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID CELL;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 79952986430     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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