Identification of Gem as a new candidate prognostic marker in hepatocellular carcinoma

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 210, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 719-725

  Huang, Xiaodong ^a   Cong, Xia ^a   Yang, Dunpeng ^a   Ji, Lili ^a   Liu, Yanhua ^a   Cui, Xiaopeng ^a   Cai, Jing ^a   He, Song ^a   Zhu, Changyun ^a   Ni, Runzhou ^a   Zhang, Yixin ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; GTP binding protein overexpressed in skeletal muscle (Gem); Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); Prognosis; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

GTP BINDING PROTEIN OVEREXPRESSED IN SKELETAL MUSCLE PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GEM PROTEIN, HUMAN; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR VOLUME; WESTERN BLOTTING; AGED; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 85014847906     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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