Twist1 causes the transcriptional repression of claudin-4 with prognostic significance in esophageal cancer

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 423, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 454-460

  Lee, Keun Woo ^a   Lee, Nam Kyung ^a,b   Kim, Jeong Hoon ^a,b   Kang, Myung Soo ^a,b   Yoo, Hae Yong ^a,b   Kim, Hyeon Ho ^a,b   Um, Sung Hee ^a   Kim, Seok Hyung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Claudin 4; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Esophageal carcinoma; Twist1

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; E BOX ELEMENT; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLAUDIN-4; CLAUDINS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOWN-REGULATION; E-BOX ELEMENTS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863304344     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.05.140     Document Type: Article

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