Overexpression of POSTN in Tumor Stroma Is a Poor Prognostic Indicator of Colorectal Cancer

Overexpression of POSTN in Tumor Stroma Is a Poor Prognostic Indicator of Colorectal Cancer

Background Tumor microenvironment has recently drawn attention in that it is related with tumor prognosis. Cancer-associated fibroblast also plays a critical role in cancer invasiveness and progression in colorectal cancers. Periostin (POSTN), originally identified to be expressed in osteoblasts and...

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Main Authors: Hyeon Jeong Oh, Jeong Mo Bae, Xian-Yu Wen, Nam-Yun Cho, Jung Ho Kim, Gyeong Hoon Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Pathologists & the Korean Society for Cytopathology 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine
Subjects:
Colorectal neoplasms
POSTN
Immunohistochemistry
Stromal overexpression
Clinicopathological characters
Prognosis
Online Access:http://www.jpatholtm.org/upload/pdf/jptm-2017-01-19.pdf

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