Overexpression of the hedgehog signalling pathway in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Onkologie(Czech Republic)

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 279-286

  Dimitrova, Kamelia ^a   Stoehr, Matthaeus ^a   Dehghani, Faramarz ^b   Dietz, Andreas ^a   Wichmann, Gunnar ^a   Bertolini, Julia ^c   Mozet, Christian ^a  

^a Department of Otolaryngology ^*  (Germany)

^b Institute of Anatomy   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gli1; Hedgehog signalling pathway; HNSCC; Immunohistochemistry; SHH

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SECTION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84878256252     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: 14230240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350322     Document Type: Article

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