American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 233-237 , July 2008

Transforming growth factor β isoforms (TGF-β1, TGF-β2, TGF-β3) messenger RNA expression in laryngeal cancer

  • Malgorzata Kapral, PhD

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    • Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Silesia, Narcyzow 1 Street, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland. Tel.: +48 32 364 10 27; fax: +48 32 364 10 20.
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  • Barbara Strzalka, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
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  • Malgorzata Kowalczyk, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
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  • Magdalena Jurzak, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
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  • Urszula Mazurek, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
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  • Tatiana Gierek, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laryngology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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  • Jaroslaw Paluch, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laryngology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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  • Jaroslaw Markowski, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laryngology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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  • Longina Swiatkowska, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Instrumental Analyses, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
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  • Ludmila Weglarz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland

Received 15 March 2007

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☆ This article was presented on the Fifth European Workshop on Basic Biology of Head and Neck Cancer, Poznan, Poland, November 16–18, 2006.

☆☆ This work was supported by grant no. 3P05B11225 from the State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN, Poland).

PII: S0196-0709(07)00114-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.08.003

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 233-237 , July 2008

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