Expression and significance of twist, E-Cadherin, and N-Cadherin in gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2318-2324

  Ding, Jie ^a,b   Zhang, Zhongmin ^a   Pan, Yang ^a   Liao, Guoqing ^b   Zeng, Liang ^c   Chen, Senlin ^c  

^a GUIZHOU PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUNAN CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

E cadherin; Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; Immunohistochemistry; Metastasis; N cadherin; Twist

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTIGENS, CD; CADHERINS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84866421056     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2186-4     Document Type: Article

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