Membrane connexin 43 acts as an independent prognostic marker in oral squamous cell carcinoma

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 273-281

  Brockmeyer, Phillipp ^a   Jung, Klaus ^a   Perske, Christina ^a   Schliephake, Henning ^a   Hemmerlein, Bernhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM KREFELD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; Connexin 43; Connexin 45; Gap junctional intercellular communication; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84902580386     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2014.2394     Document Type: Article

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