Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) biomarkers - E-cadherin, beta-catenin, APC and Vimentin - In oral squamous cell carcinogenesis and transformation

Oral Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 997-1006

  Chaw, S Y ^a,b   Abdul Majeed, A ^b   Dalley, A J ^b   Chan, A ^b   Stein, S ^b   Farah, C S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catenin; APC; E cadherin; Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Immunohistochemistry; Malignant transformation; Oral carcinogenesis; Oral epithelial dysplasia; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

APC; BETA CATENIN; MESSENGER RNA; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DERMIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASIA; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATINOCYTE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ORAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84866417140     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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