Contactin-1 (CNTN-1) overexpression is correlated with advanced clinical stage and lymph node metastasis in oesophageal squamous cell carcinomas

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 612-618

  Liu, Pengfei ^a   Chen, Simin ^a   Wu, Wenting ^b   Liu, Bingtuan ^a   Shen, Weidong ^a   Wang, Fangjun ^a   He, Xiaowei ^c   Zhang, Shuyu ^d  

^a JIANGYIN PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CNTN 1; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Lymph node metastasis; Overexpression

Indexed keywords

CONTACTIN 1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN C;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTACTIN 1; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C;

EID: 84864343472     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hys066     Document Type: Article

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