Magic angle spinning NMR-based metabolic profiling of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma tissues

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 5232-5241

  Somashekar, Bagganahalli S ^a   Kamarajan, Pachiyappan ^b   Danciu, Theodora ^b   Kapila, Yvonne L ^b   Chinnaiyan, Arul M ^c,d,e   Rajendiran, Thekkelnaycke M ^c   Ramamoorthy, Ayyalusamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; HR MAS NMR; lymph node metastasis; metabolites; metabolomics

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LACTIC ACID; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEOME; TAURINE; TUMOR PROTEIN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HIGH RESOLUTION MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LIP CARCINOMA; LIPOLYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METABOLOME; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OSMOSIS; OXIDATION; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACIDS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80655138698     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: 15353907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr200800w     Document Type: Article

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