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Lipophilin B: A gene preferentially expressed in breast tissue and upregulated in breast cancer

  1. Jane Culleton1,2,3,
  2. Neil O'Brien1,2,3,
  3. Bríd M. Ryan1,2,3,
  4. Arnold D.K. Hill2,3,
  5. Enda McDermott2,3,
  6. Niall O'Higgins2,3,
  7. Michael J. Duffy1,2,3,†,*

Article first published online: 12 DEC 2006

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22471

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 120, Issue 5, pages 1087–1092, 1 March 2007

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Culleton, J., O'Brien, N., Ryan, B. M., Hill, A. D.K., McDermott, E., O'Higgins, N. and Duffy, M. J. (2007), Lipophilin B: A gene preferentially expressed in breast tissue and upregulated in breast cancer. Int. J. Cancer, 120: 1087–1092. doi: 10.1002/ijc.22471

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

  2. 2

    UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  3. 3

    Dublin Institute of Molecular Medicine, Dublin, Ireland

  1. †

    Fax: +353-1-2696018.

*Nuclear Medicine Laboratory, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 JAN 2007
  2. Article first published online: 12 DEC 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 5 OCT 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 16 MAY 2006

Funded by

  • Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology
  • Irish Cancer Society
  • Health Research Board of Ireland
  • Programme Grant, Breast Cancer Metastasis: Biomarkers and Functional Mediators

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