The Diagnostic Role of Claudins in Serous Effusions

Multifunctional strands in tight junctions

2001 • 2,392 citations

Claudin multigene family encoding four-transmembrane domain protein components of tight junction strands

1999 • 1,100 citations

Tight junction proteins

2002 • 1,091 citations

CLAUDINS AND EPITHELIAL PARACELLULAR TRANSPORT

2005 • 1,088 citations

A Single Gene Product, Claudin-1 or -2, Reconstitutes Tight Junction Strands and Recruits Occludin in Fibroblasts

1998 • 923 citations

Manner of Interaction of Heterogeneous Claudin Species within and between Tight Junction Strands

1999 • 724 citations

Conversion of Zonulae Occludentes from Tight to Leaky Strand Type by Introducing Claudin-2 into Madin-Darby Canine Kidney I Cells

2001 • 704 citations

Claudin Proteins in Human Cancer: Promising New Targets for Diagnosis and Therapy

2005 • 555 citations

Large-scale serial analysis of gene expression reveals genes differentially expressed in ovarian cancer.

2000 • 486 citations

The claudin gene family: expression in normal and neoplastic tissues

2006 • 476 citations

Loss of the tight junction protein claudin-7 correlates with histological grade in both ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast

2003 • 442 citations

Application of Mesothelin Immunostaining in Tumor Diagnosis

2003 • 367 citations

Claudin-3 and Claudin-4 Expression in Ovarian Epithelial Cells Enhances Invasion and Is Associated with Increased Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Activity

2005 • 357 citations

Tight junction proteins claudin-3 and claudin-4 are frequently overexpressed in ovarian cancer but not in ovarian cystadenomas.

2003 • 338 citations

Disease-causing mutant WNK4 increases paracellular chloride permeability and phosphorylates claudins

2004 • 260 citations

Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin Elicits Rapid and Specific Cytolysis of Breast Carcinoma Cells Mediated through Tight Junction Proteins Claudin 3 and 4

2004 • 249 citations

Claudin-1 is a strong prognostic indicator in stage II colonic cancer: a tissue microarray study

2004 • 238 citations

Role of claudins in tumorigenesis

2005 • 222 citations

Identification of genes associated with head and neck carcinogenesis by cDNA microarray comparison between matched primary normal epithelial and squamous carcinoma cells

2002 • 217 citations

Role of Immunohistochemistry in Distinguishing Epithelial Peritoneal Mesotheliomas From Peritoneal and Ovarian Serous Carcinomas

1998 • 210 citations

Phosphorylation of Claudin-3 at Threonine 192 by cAMP-dependent Protein Kinase Regulates Tight Junction Barrier Function in Ovarian Cancer Cells

2005 • 209 citations

Expression of claudins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 in various types of tumours

2005 • 200 citations

Expression of Claudin-1, a Recently Described Tight Junction-Associated Protein, Distinguishes Soft Tissue Perineurioma From Potential Mimics

2002 • 192 citations

The Role of Desmin and N-Cadherin in Effusion Cytology

2001 • 167 citations

Claudin expression in gastric adenocarcinomas: a tissue microarray study with prognostic correlation

2005 • 154 citations

Down-regulation of the claudin-18 gene, identified through serial analysis of gene expression data analysis, in gastric cancer with an intestinal phenotype

2006 • 154 citations

Claudin-10 Expression Level is Associated with Recurrence of Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma

2005 • 125 citations

Immunocytochemistry in effusion cytology

2001 • 123 citations

Expression of Tight-Junction Protein Claudin-7 Is an Early Event in Gastric Tumorigenesis

2005 • 111 citations

Gene Expression Signatures Differentiate Ovarian/Peritoneal Serous Carcinoma from Diffuse Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma

2006 • 103 citations

E-cadherin and ?-, ?-, and ?-catenin protein expression is up-regulated in ovarian carcinoma cells in serous effusions

2000 • 102 citations

Detection of cancer cells in effusions from patients diagnosed with gynaecological malignancies

1999 • 101 citations

Increased expressions of claudin-1 and claudin-7 during the progression of cervical neoplasia

2005 • 98 citations

Claudin-4 differentiates biliary tract cancers from hepatocellular carcinomas

2006 • 95 citations

Immunocytochemistry in effusion cytology

2001 • 95 citations

Claudins in differential diagnosis between mesothelioma and metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pleura

2006 • 80 citations

D2-40 is Not a Specific Marker for Cells of Mesothelial Origin in Serous Effusions

2006 • 49 citations

Immunohistochemical Staining for Claudin-1 Can Help Distinguish Meningiomas From Histologic Mimics

2005 • 49 citations

Immunohistochemical Staining for Claudin-1 Can Help Distinguish Meningiomas From Histologic Mimics

2006 • 46 citations

Expression of Snail, Slug and Sip1 in malignant mesothelioma effusions is associated with matrix metalloproteinase, but not with cadherin expression

2006 • 42 citations

Cadherin Expression in Ovarian Carcinoma and Malignant Mesothelioma Cell Effusions

2006 • 32 citations