Autophagy-related proteins LC3 and Beclin-1 impact the efficacy of chemoradiation on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 209, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 562-567

  Chen, Yongshun ^a   Li, Xiaohong ^a   Wu, Xiaoyuan ^a   He, Chunyu ^a   Guo, Leiming ^a   Zhang, Song ^b   Xiao, Yanjing ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Tan, Bo ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b People's Hospital of Zhengzhou   (China)

Author keywords

Beclin 1; Chemoradiation; Esophageal cancer; LC3; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; CISPLATIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIGHT CHAIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BECLIN-1; CHEMORADIATION; ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; LC3; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883561528     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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