Clinical significance of the integrin α6β4 in human malignancies

Laboratory Investigation - Tập 95 - Trang 976-986 - 2015
Rachel L Stewart1,2, Kathleen L O'Connor2,3
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
2Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
3Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

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