Over-expression of integrin-linked kinase correlates with aberrant expression of Snail, E-cadherin and N-cadherin in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Implications in tumor progression and metastasis

Clinical and Experimental Metastasis

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 957-969

  Zhao, Dan ^a   Tang, Xiu Fa ^b   Yang, Kai ^a   Liu, Ji Yuan ^b   Ma, Xiang Rui ^b  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Integrin linked kinase; Metastasis; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Progression; Snail

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN LINKED KINASE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UVOMORULIN; CADHERIN; INTEGRIN-LINKED KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR INVASION; UPREGULATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84872859966     PISSN: 02620898     EISSN: 15737276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10585-012-9485-1     Document Type: Article

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