Wnt/β-catenin, an oncogenic pathway targeted by H. pylori in gastric carcinogenesis

Oncotarget

Volumn 6, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 35579-35588

  Song, Xiaowen ^a   Xin, Na ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Zhao, Chenghai ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Wnt; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; MICRORNA; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; TREFOIL FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL EXPANSION; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; ANIMAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPLICATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84946824659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5758     Document Type: Article

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