Esophageal Cancer
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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2005; 11(9): 1267-1272
Published online Mar 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i9.1267
Copy number changes of target genes in chromosome 3q25.3-qter of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: TP63 is amplified in early carcinogenesis but down-regulated as disease progressed
Chueh-Chuan Yen, Yann-Jang Chen, Chin-Chen Pan, Kai-Hsi Lu, Paul Chih-Hsueh Chen, Jiun-Yi Hsia, Jung-Ta Chen, Yu-Chung Wu, Wen-Hu Hsu, Liang-Shun Wang, Min-Hsiung Huang, Biing-Shiung Huang, Cheng-Po Hu, Po-Min Chen, Chi-Hung Lin
Chueh-Chuan Yen, Po-Min Chen, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Yann-Jang Chen, Faculty of Life Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Chin-Chen Pan, Paul Chih-Hsueh Chen, Department of Pathology, National Yang-Ming University and Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, China
Kai-Hsi Lu, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Jiun-Yi Hsia, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, China
Jung-Ta Chen, Department of Pathology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, and Department of Pathology, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, China
Yu-Chung Wu, Wen-Hu Hsu, Liang-Shun Wang, Min-Hsiung Huang, Biing-Shiung Huang, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Cheng-Po Hu, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, and Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Chi-Hung Lin, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, and Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the National Microarray and Gene Expression Analysis Core Facility of the National Research Program for Genomic Medicine at National Yang-Ming University (http://www.ym.edu.tw/microarray), and annual project Grant From National Science Council (Grant NO. NSC 92-2314-B-075-055), Taiwan, China
Correspondence to: Dr. Chi-Hung Lin, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, NO. 155, Li-Non St., Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan, China. linch@ym.edu.tw
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Received: September 29, 2004
Revised: October 1, 2004
Accepted: October 18, 2004
Published online: March 7, 2005
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