Previous in vitro and in vivo model studies have shown that when E-cadherin expression in carcinoma cells is reduced, invasive behaviour ensues. The situation in human cancer in vivo, however, appears to be more complex, as immunohistochemically determined E-cadherin expression in various carcinomas
Clinical significance of E-cadherin–catenin complex expression in metastatic foci of colorectal carcinoma
✍ Scribed by Masahide Ikeguchi; Masato Makino; Nobuaki Kaibara
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
- DOI
- 10.1002/jso.1095
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