The expression of E-cadherin-catenin complex in patients with advanced gastric cancer: role in formation of metastasis.

The E-cadherin-catenin complex plays an important role in the process of cell adhesion. Its dysfunction is associated with a decrease in cell differentiation and with increased invasiveness and metastasis. Our aim was to evaluate the expression of E-cadherin and B-catenin in advanced gastric cancer...

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Main Authors: Marek Ustymowicz, Katarzyna Guzińska-Ustymowicz, Jolanta Czyzewska, Anna Pryczynicz, Andrzej Kemona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2010-06-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4257