Nuclear expression of twist promotes lymphatic metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 606-613

  Gong, Taiqian ^a,b   Xue, Zengfu ^c   Tang, Shanhong ^a   Zheng, Xiushan ^a,d   Xu, Guanghui ^a   Gao, Liucun ^a   Zhao, Guohong ^a   Hong, Liu ^a   Tang, Guangbo ^a   Zhang, Hongwei ^a   Wang, Ruwen ^b   Jiang, Yaoguang ^b   Fan, Daiming ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

ESCC; Lymph node; Metastasis; Twist; VEGF C

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; VASCULOTROPIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INVASION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; AGED; CELL NUCLEUS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LYMPH NODE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR INVASION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C;

EID: 85047688587     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.19851     Document Type: Article

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