Mechanisms of disease: From stem cells to colorectal cancer

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 267-274

  McDonald, Stuart A C ^a,b   Preston, Sean L ^a,c   Lovell, Matthew J ^a,c   Wright, Nicholas A ^a,c   Jankowski, Janusz A Z ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Intestine; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DNA; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL COLON POLYPOSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TARGET CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; WILD TYPE;

ADENOMA; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MUTAGENESIS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 33646417970     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: 17434386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0473     Document Type: Review

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