Integrins and cell adhesions as modulators of mammary cell survival and transformation

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 224-229

  Chrenek, Micah A ^a   Wong, Paul ^a   Weaver, Valerie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Basement membrane; Integrin; Mammary epithelial cell; Three dimensional tissue organization

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTEGRIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

APOPTOSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CELL; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST TUMOR; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL VIABILITY; DNA MODIFICATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROMA; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STROMA CELL;

APOPTOSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0035222865     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr300     Document Type: Review

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