Reactivation of codogenic endogenous retroviral (ERV) envelope genes in human endometrial carcinoma and prestages: Emergence of new molecular targets

Oncotarget

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1204-1219

  Strissel, Pamela L ^a   Ruebner, Matthias ^a   Thiel, Falk ^a   Wachter, David ^a   Ekici, Arif B ^a   Wolf, Friedericke ^a   Thieme, Franziska ^a   Ruprecht, Klemens ^b   Beckmann, Matthias W ^a   Strick, Reiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrial carcinoma; ERV; Hyperplasia; Polyp; Syncytin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENVELOPE GENE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STOP CODON; SYNCYTIN 1 GENE; SYNCYTIN 2 GENE; SYNCYTIN 3 GENE; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 84872762500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.679     Document Type: Article

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