Autophagic protein beclin 1 serves as an independent positive prognostic biomarker for non-small cell lung cancer

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Weihua ^a,b   Yue, Caifeng ^b   Deng, Jinyun ^c   Hu, Ronghuan ^a   Xu, Jie ^a,b   Feng, Long ^a   Lan, Qiongyu ^a   Zhang, Wenfeng ^a   Ji, Dexiang ^a   Wu, Jianbing ^a   Liu, Quentin ^b   Liu, Anwen ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c Jiangxi Province Cancer Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896710910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080338     Document Type: Article

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