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Clinicopathologic correlations of liver kinase B1, E-cadherin, and N-cadherin expression in non-small cell lung cancer.
Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM - 1 Jul 2013
Liu Shuli, Miao Yuan, Fan Chuifeng, Liu Yang, Yu Juanhan, Zhang Yong, Dai Shundong, Wang Enhua
Abstract excerpt
The role of liver kinase B1 (LKB1) as a tumor suppressor has emerged from the observation of increased risk of malignancy in gastrointestinal tract in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome patients harboring LKB1 gene mutations. LKB1 gene inactivation has recently been demonstrated in a subset of lung carcinoma and has been proven to trigger epithelial-mesenchymal transition in lung adenocarcinoma cells. However, the...
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