Article
High frequency expressions of CD44 standard and variant forms in non-small cell lung cancers, but not in small cell lung cancers.
Journal of surgical oncology - 1 Nov 1998
Kondo K, Miyoshi T, Hino N, Shimizu E, Masuda N, Takada M, Uyama T, Monden Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Organ specificity has been demonstrated in the mode of CD44 expression among several cancers. METHODS: We examined the expressions of CD44 standard (CD44s) and CD44 variants (CD44v) in 14 cell lines (small cell lung cancer (SCLC): 5, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC):...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Carcinoma, Large Cell
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Exons
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Hyaluronan Receptors
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lung Neoplasms
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Tumor Cells, Cultured