CD44 Splice Variant v8-10 as a Marker of Serous Ovarian Cancer Prognosis.

CD44 is a transmembrane hyaluronic acid receptor gene that encodes over 100 different tissue-specific protein isoforms. The most ubiquitous, CD44 standard, has been used as a cancer stem cell marker in ovarian and other cancers. Expression of the epithelial CD44 variant containing exons v8-10 (CD44v...

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Main Authors: Amanda Sosulski, Heiko Horn, Lihua Zhang, Caroline Coletti, Vinod Vathipadiekal, Cesar M Castro, Michael J Birrer, Osamu Nagano, Hideyuki Saya, Kasper Lage, Patricia K Donahoe, David Pépin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4890777?pdf=render