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Microarray analysis identifies versican and CD9 as potent prognostic markers in gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Cancer science - 1 Apr 2011
Setoguchi Tomohiko, Kikuchi Hirotoshi, Yamamoto Masayoshi, Baba Megumi, Ohta Manabu, Kamiya Kinji, Tanaka Tatsuo, Baba Satoshi, Goto-Inoue Naoko, Setou Mitsutoshi, Sasaki Takeshi, Mori Hiroki, Sugimura Haruhiko, Konno Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
Although the main cause of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is gain-of-function mutations in the c-kit gene in the interstitial cells of Cajal, concomitant genetic or epigenetic changes other than c-kit appear to occur in the development of metastasis. We sought to identify the genes involved in the metastatic process of gastric GIST. Microarray analysis was performed to compare gene expressions between...
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