Elevated expression of thymosin β4, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1α in early-stage cervical cancers

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 493-502

  Kim, Nam Soo ^a   Kang, Yun Jeong ^a   Jo, Jin Ok ^a   Kim, Heung Yeol ^a   Oh, Young Rim ^a   Kim, Young Ok ^a   Jung, Min Hyung ^b   Ock, Mee Sun ^a   Cha, Hee Jae ^a  

^a Kosin University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cervical cancer; HIF 1 ; Thymosin 4; VEGF

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; THYMOSIN BETA4; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UPREGULATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; THYMOSIN; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 80052709604     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: 15322807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-010-9327-x     Document Type: Article

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