BACKGROUND. The laminin-5 ␥2 chain plays an important role in cell migration during tumor invasion and tissue remodeling. METHODS. Laminin-5 ␥2 chain expression in squamous cell carcinomas of the tongue in 67 patients with Stage II, III, or IVA,B (excluding the cases with distant metastasis) was exa
Prognostic Significance of Laminin-5 γ2 Chain Expression in Colorectal Carcinoma
✍ Scribed by Seishi Aoki; Yukihiro Nakanishi; Shingo Akimoto; Yoshihiro Moriya; Kimio Yoshimura; Masaki Kitajima; Michiie Sakamoto; Setsuo Hirohashi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 456 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-3706
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