Wnt and hedgehog gene pathway expression in serous ovarian cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 975-980

  Schmid, Seraina ^a   Bieber, Marcia ^a   Zhang, Fang ^b   Zhang, Mallory ^a   He, Biao ^b   Jablons, David ^b   Teng, Nelson N H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedgehog; Ovarian cancer; Wnt

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLIOMA ASSOCIATED ONCOGENE 1 PROTEIN; GLIOMA ASSOCIATED ONCOGENE 2 PROTEIN; PATCHED HOMOLOG 1; PATCHED HOMOLOG 2; PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; AXIN PROTEIN; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 83055196860     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31821caa6f     Document Type: Article

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