Cathepsin E is a marker of gastric differentiation and signet-ring cell carcinoma of stomach: a novel suggestion on gastric tumorigenesis.

Gastric cancer (GC) presents various histological features, though the mechanism underlying its diversity is seldom elucidated. It is mainly classified into well differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma (tub1), moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma (tub2), poorly differentiated adenocarcinom...

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Main Authors: Maki Konno-Shimizu, Nobutake Yamamichi, Ken-ichi Inada, Natsuko Kageyama-Yahara, Kazuya Shiogama, Yu Takahashi, Itsuko Asada-Hirayama, Mitsue Yamamichi-Nishina, Chiemi Nakayama, Satoshi Ono, Shinya Kodashima, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Yutaka Tsutsumi, Masao Ichinose, Kazuhiko Koike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3579941?pdf=render