Differential immunohistochemical detection of transforming growth factor α, amphiregulin and CRIPTO in human normal and malignant breast tissues

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-56

  Panico, Luigi ^a   D'Antonio, Antonio ^a   Salvatore, Gaetano ^a   Mezza, Ernesto ^a   Tortora, Giampaolo ^a   De Laurentiis, Michelino ^a   De Placido, Sabino ^a   Giordano, Thomas ^b   Merino, Maria ^b   Salomon, David S ^c   Gullick, William J ^d   Pettinato, Guido ^a   Schnitt, Stuart J ^e   Bianco, A Raffaele ^a   Ciardiello, Fortunato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; CRIPTO; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P53; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOGENE C ERB; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 8944263473     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960103)65:1<51::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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