Expression of β-catenin and E- and N-cadherin in human brainstem gliomas and clinicopathological correlations

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 318-323

  Wu, Wenhao ^a   Tian, Yongji ^a   Wan, Hong ^b   Ma, Junyan ^b   Song, Yongmei ^c   Wang, Yu ^a   Zhang, Liwei ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

catenin; Brainstem; E cadherin; Gliomas; N cadherin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANTIGENS, CD; BETA CATENIN; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CADHERINS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GLIOMA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84876353365     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2012.758123     Document Type: Article

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