Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 5 , Pages 326-337 , May 2010

Decreased GRP78 Protein Expression is a Potential Prognostic Marker of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Taiwan

  • Tze-Ta Huang

      Affiliations

    • Dental Department, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jeff Yi-Fu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-En Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Chieh Su

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology-Oncology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsu-Chueh Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Moon-Sing Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chiou-Tuz Chang

      Affiliations

    • Dental Department, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yong-Kie Wong

      Affiliations

    • Dental Department, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hau-Ren Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Science, Institute of Molecular Biology and Institute of Biomedical Science, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Hau-Ren Chen, Department of Life Science, Institute of Molecular Biology, and Institute of Biomedical Science, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chia-Yi, Taiwan

Received 10 June 2008 ,Revised 16 November 2008 ,Accepted 20 August 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(10)60060-5

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60060-5

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 5 , Pages 326-337 , May 2010

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