Article
Molecular biology of gastric cancer.
World journal of surgery - 1 Jan 2000
Tahara E
Abstract excerpt
Gastric cancer involves changes in multiple oncogenes and multiple suppressor genes, and it causes genetic instability. Aberrant expression and amplification of the c-met gene, inactivation of the p53 gene, and CD44 abnormal transcripts are common events of both well differentiated and poorly differentiated gastric cancers. Amplification of the cyclin E gene is also observed in gastric cancer regardless of...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Cell Adhesion Molecules
- Cytokines
- Genes, p53
- Growth Substances
- Humans
- Mutation
- Proto-Oncogenes
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Stomach Neoplasms
