Expression analysis elucidates the roles of MAML1 and Twist1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma aggressiveness and metastasis

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 743-749

  Forghanifard, Mohammad Mahdi ^a,b   Moaven, Omeed ^c   Farshchian, Moein ^d   Montazer, Mehdi ^e   Raeisossadati, Reza ^d   Abdollahi, Abbas ^e   Moghbeli, Meysam ^d   Nejadsattari, Taher ^a   Parivar, Kazem ^a   Abbaszadegan, Mohammad Reza ^d,f  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MAML1; PROTEIN TWIST1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MAML1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TWIST1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84862263486     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-2074-8     Document Type: Article

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