Open AccessLoss of chromosome 9p21 and decreased p16 expression correlate with malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Author(s) -
Yun Zhang,
Hui Cao,
Ming Wang,
Wenyi Zhao,
Zhiyong Shen,
Danhong Shen,
Xiaoqing Ni,
Zijian Wu,
Yanying Shen,
Yanyan Song
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v16.i37.4716
Subject(s) - loss of heterozygosity , gist , immunohistochemistry , gastroenterology , medicine , microsatellite , biology , clinical significance , pathology , stromal tumor , stromal cell , allele , oncology , genetics , gene
To investigate loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of chromosome 9p21 and the prognostic relevance of p16 expression in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).