hi, vivek, i'm gayathri.. i would like to ask u for a small helping hand. i got through the qualifying exam for integrated phD at NCBS, b'lore. the next step is to send a project proposal. i recently saw an article on claudins and their effect on cancer. could u please help me out by telling me which all cancers can be treated by this method??? i really would be grateful if u helped me out....

hi,

claudins have a wide role in invasion of many tumors like

ovarian, gastric, pancreatic, bladder, colon, canine hepatoid gland cancer etc

for more details log on to the following......

http://www.springerlink.com/content/dgu61ju077332724/fulltext.pdf

http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/365/1546/1679.full.pdf

http://www.mtakpa.hu/kpa/download/1237598.pdf

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/07/31/0905718106.full.pdf

http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/early/2010/05/04/jpet.110.168070.full.pdf

http://carcin.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2006/07/08/carcin.bgl120.full.pdf

http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/11/2/551.full.pdf

http://ajcp.ascpjournals.org/content/121/2/226.full.pdf

http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/76/4/918.full.pdf

http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/65/21/9603.full.pdf+html

http://www.akademiai.com/content/k04l271v80107640/fulltext.pdf

thank yu..... i did not reply as i was waiting for the results to b out. well, i've been called for the interview at NCBS B'lore. :)