Article
Mutations of the human E-cadherin (CDH1) gene.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1998
Berx G, Becker K F, Höfler H, van Roy F
Abstract excerpt
The cell-cell adhesion molecule E-cadherin is well known to act as a strong invasion suppressor in experimental tumor cell systems. Frequent inactivating mutations have been identified for the E-cadherin gene (CDH1) in diffuse gastric cancers and lobular breast cancers. To date, 69 somatic mutati...
Topics
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cadherins
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Humans
- Mutation
- Stomach Neoplasms
