MET amplification as a potential therapeutic target in gastric cancer

Oncotarget

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-17

  Kawakami, Hisato ^a   Okamoto, Isamu ^a   Arao, Tokuzo ^a   Okamoto, Wataru ^a   Matsumoto, Kazuko ^a   Taniguchi, Hirokazu ^b   Kuwata, Kiyoko ^a   Yamaguchi, Haruka ^a   Nishio, Kazuto ^a   Nakagawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Yamada, Yasuhide ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

FISH; Gastric cancer; Gene amplification; MET; PCR

Indexed keywords

JNJ 38877605; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; SGX 523; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MET GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 84875796932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.718     Document Type: Article

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