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Connexin26 expression is associated with aggressive phenotype in human papillary and follicular thyroid cancers.
Cancer letters - 18 Apr 2008
Naoi Yasuto, Miyoshi Yasuo, Taguchi Tetsuya, Kim Seung Jin, Arai Takashi, Maruyama Naomi, Tamaki Yasuhiro, Noguchi Shinzaburo
Abstract excerpt
Connexin26 (Cx26), a component of GAP junctions and until recently believed to be a tumor suppressor gene, has been shown to play an important role in lymphatic invasion as well as lymph node and distant metastases in squamous lung cancer and breast cancer. In the study presented here, we investigated Cx26 expression in human papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and follicular thyroid cancer (FTC) and its relationship...
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