Activation of sonic hedgehog signaling in oral squamous cell carcinomas: A preliminary study

Human Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1484-1490

  Cavicchioli Buim, Marcilei Eliza ^a   Gurgel, Clarissa Araújo S ^b   Gonçalves Ramos, Eduardo Antônio ^b   Lourenço, Silvia Vanessa ^c   Soares, Fernando Augusto ^a,c  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Immunohistochemistry; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER TISSUE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80053193164     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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