Ep-CAM in malignant liver tumours
β Scribed by Ruck, P.; Wichert, G.; Handgretinger, R.; Kaiserling, E.
- Book ID
- 101221949
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 158 KB
- Volume
- 191
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3417
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β¦ Synopsis
Letter to the Editor Ep-CAM in malignant liver tumours
We read with great interest the article by De Boer et al.
[1] concerning the expression of Ep-CAM in normal, regenerating, metaplastic, and neoplastic liver. In recent investigations into the expression of Ep-CAM in liver tumours using the antibody KS1/4 (kindly provided by Dr R. A. Reisfeld, The Scripps
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Ep-CAM is a homophilic, Ca 2+ -independent cell-cell adhesion molecule that is expressed in many human epithelial tissues. Its increased expression is closely associated with active cell proliferation. Furthermore, in epithelial cell types that in adults lack Ep-CAM (i.e. squamous epithelia), up-reg