Cancer stem cells and "stemness" genes in neuro-oncology

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-229

  Nicolis, Silvia K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

BRAIN CELL; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; EPENDYMOMA; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKEMIA; MACROGLIA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL GENE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

EID: 33846330973     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2006.08.022     Document Type: Review

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