Tudor domain-containing protein 4 as a potential cancer/testis antigen in liver cancer

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-46

  Yoon, Heejei ^a   Lee, Hanna ^a   Kim, Hee Jin ^a,b   You, Kwon Tae ^a,c   Park, Young Nyun ^a   Kim, Hoguen ^a   Kim, Hyunki ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer testis antigen; Cholangiocarcinoma; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Male germ cells; Tudor domain containing protein

Indexed keywords

CD133 ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 19; MESSENGER RNA; TUDOR DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; TUDOR DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 4; TUDOR DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 5; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; TESTIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955500330     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.224.41     Document Type: Article

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