Krüppel-like factor expression and correlation with FAK, MMP-9 and E-cadherin expression in hepatocellular carcinoma

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-88

  Han, Shaoshan ^a   Han, Lei ^a   Sun, Hao ^a   Zan, Xianfeng ^a   Zhou, Zhenyu ^a   Xu, Kedong ^a   Yao, Yingmin ^a   Liu, Qingguang ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

E cadherin; Focal adhesion kinase; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Kr ppel like factor 8; Matrix metalloproteinase 9

Indexed keywords

FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; GELATINASE B; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH; UPREGULATION;

CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FOCAL ADHESION PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84878934383     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1471     Document Type: Article

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