Association of the expression of unc-51-Like kinase 1 with lymph node metastasis and survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1349-1354

  Jiang, Lin ^a   Duan, Ben Song ^b   Huang, Jun Xing ^a   Jiao, Xia ^a   Zhu, Xiao Wei ^a   Sheng, Hai Hui ^c,d   Gao, Heng Jun ^b,c,d   Yu, Hong ^a  

^a TAIZHOU PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Institute of CMC Biobank and Translational Medicine   (China)

^d NATIONAL ENGINEERING CENTER FOR BIOCHIP AT SHANGHAI   (China)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Biomarker; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Survival; UNC51 like kinase 1

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNC 51 LIKE KINASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

EID: 84902146921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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