Wnt4 is overexpressed in human pituitary adenomas and is associated with tumor invasion

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 137-141

  Li, Weiping ^a,b   Zhang, Yangde ^a   Zhang, Meng ^b   Huang, Guodong ^b   Zhang, Qiusheng ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catenin; Invasion; Pituitary adenomas; Wnt4

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR INVASION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WNT4 GENE;

INVASION; PITUITARY ADENOMAS; WNT4; Β-CATENIN;

ADENOMA; ADULT; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WNT4 PROTEIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890561527     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.04.034     Document Type: Article

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