Beclin 1 expression is an independent prognostic factor for gastric carcinomas

Tumor Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1071-1083

  Yu, Miao ^a   Gou, Wen Feng ^a   Zhao, Shuang ^b   Xiao, Li Jun ^b   Mao, Xiao Yun ^a   Xing, Ya Nan ^a   Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^c   Takano, Yasuo ^c   Zheng, Hua Chuan ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beclin 1; Gastric carcinoma; Pathogenesis; Prognosis; Progression

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; BECN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISTANT METASTASIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR INVASION; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CANCER INVASION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH TUMOR; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877144192     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-013-0648-8     Document Type: Article

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