Article
Mutation analysis of transforming growth factor beta type II receptor, Smad2, and Smad4 in hepatocellular carcinoma.
International journal of oncology - 1 Jan 1999
Kawate S, Takenoshita S, Ohwada S, Mogi A, Fukusato T, Makita F, Kuwano H, Morishita Y
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the transforming growth factor beta type II receptor (TGFbetaRII), Smad2, and Smad4 genes have been detected in several human cancers. However, there are no reports of mutation analysis of the entire coding regions in these genes in hepatocellular carcinoma, and the roles of these ge...
Topics
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Female
- Humans
- Liver Neoplasms
- Male
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
- Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II
- Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta
