Oct4 expression in adult human stem cells: Evidence in support of the stem cell theory of carcinogenesis

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 495-502

  Tai, Mei Hui ^a   Chang, Chia Cheng ^a   Olson, L Karl ^a   Trosko, James E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BREAST CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPIDERMIS CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; KIDNEY CELL; LIVER CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BREAST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOGS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PANCREAS; RATS; SKIN; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 13844280894     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgh321     Document Type: Article

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