Overexpression of small GTPases directly correlates with expression of δ-catenin and their coexpression predicts a poor clinical outcome in nonsmall cell lung cancer

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 338-347

  Zhang, Jun Yi ^a   Zhang, Di ^a   Wang, En Hua ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

catenin; NSCLC; Prognosis; Small GTPases

Indexed keywords

CATENIN; DELTA CATENIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; SMALL GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CATENINS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; REFERENCE VALUES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84876141726     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: 10982744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mc.21854     Document Type: Article

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