Transcriptional repressor snail and metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 59, Issue 117, 2012, Pages 1359-1365

  Chen, Dong ^a   Zheng, Xuefeng ^a   Jiao, Xuelong ^a   Gao, Yuan ^a   Liang, Jun ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

E cadherin; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Metastasis; MMP 2; Snail

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84865160116     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge11619     Document Type: Article

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