Co-expression of osteopontin and CD44v9
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Teruyoshi Ue; Hiroshi Yokozaki; Yasuhiko Kitadai; Soichiro Yamamoto; Wataru Yasu
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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We have examined the expression of osteopontin (OPN) in 40 human primary gastric carcinoma tissues, 5 metastatic foci (lymph nodes) and corresponding normal mucosas. Twenty-nine of 40 primary tumors (72.5%) and 3 of 5 lymph node metastases (60%) overexpressed OPN mRNA in comparison with those of the