Identification of signature genes for detecting hedgehog pathway activation in esophageal cancer

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 387-391

  Yang, Ling ^a,b   Bian, Yuehong ^a   Huang, Shuhong ^a   Ma, Xiaoli ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Su, Xiulan ^b   Chen, Zi Jiang ^a   Xie, Jingwu ^c   Zhang, Hongwei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Hedgehog; Hedgehog interacting protein; Platelet derived growth factor receptor alpha; Smoothened; Suppressor of fused

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIP GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PDGFR ALPHA GENE; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMO GENE; SU(FU) GENE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80051671696     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: 15322807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-010-9337-8     Document Type: Article

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