The autophagy-related marker LC3 can predict prognosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Yoo Jin ^a   Ha, Yu Jin ^a   Kang, Yu Na ^a   Kang, Koo Jeong ^a   Hwang, Jae Seok ^a   Chung, Woo Jin ^a   Cho, Kwang Bum ^a   Park, Kyung Sik ^a   Kim, Eun Soo ^a   Seo, Hye Young ^a   Kim, Mi Kyung ^a   Park, Keun Gyu ^b   Jang, Byoung Kuk ^a  

^a Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 LIGHT CHAIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CHOP; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896691995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081540     Document Type: Article

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