Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 8 , Pages 779-784 , December 2002

Suppression of Egr-1 expression in human oral squamous carcinoma cells by okadaic acid

  • H Okamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Oral Histology, School of Dentistry, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15, Kuramoto, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan
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  • H Morimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, School of Dentistry, The University of Tokushima 3-18-15, Kuramoto, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan
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  • M Fujita

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kyushu Dental College, 2-6-1, Manazuru, Kitakyushu 803-8580, Japan
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  • F Nasu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Oral Histology, School of Dentistry, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15, Kuramoto, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan
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  • E Sasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Oral Histology, School of Dentistry, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15, Kuramoto, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan
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  • T Haneji

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Oral Histology, School of Dentistry, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15, Kuramoto, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-88-633-7321; fax: +81-88-633-7342

Received 17 May 2002 ,Accepted 29 May 2002.

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PII: S1368-8375(02)00039-8

doi: 10.1016/S1368-8375(02)00039-8

Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 8 , Pages 779-784 , December 2002

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