Prognostic significance of autophagy-related protein expression in resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Pancreas

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 829-835

  Ko, Yoon Ho ^a   Cho, Young Seok ^a   Won, Hye Sung ^a   Jeon, Eun Kyoung ^a   An, Ho Jung ^a   Hong, Soon Uk ^b   Park, Jin Hee ^c   Lee, Myung Ah ^c  

^a Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Maritime Medical Research Center   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Beclin 1; Immunohistochemistry; Pancreatic cancer; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 5; BECLIN 1; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN AMBRA1; PROTEIN BIF 1; PROTEIN LC3B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880053294     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: 15364828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e318279d0dc     Document Type: Article

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