Mechanisms of disease: Neural stem cells and the origin of gliomas

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 811-822

  Sanai, Nader ^a   Alvarez Buylla, Arturo ^a   Berger, Mitchel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GLI PROTEIN, HUMAN; PATCHED RECEPTORS;

ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NEURAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLIOMA; HUMANS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 23944445606     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra043666     Document Type: Review

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