The sonic hedgehog signaling network in development and neoplasia

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 344-352

  Chari, Nikhil S ^a,b   McDonnell, Timothy J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Metastasis; Oncogene; Sonic hedgehog; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BETA CATENIN; CASEIN KINASE IALPHA; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLOPAMINE; GEFITINIB; GELDANAMYCIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; N (3 METHOXYBENZYL) 3,3 DIMETHYL N [1 (3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYBENZYL) 2 (1 PIPERAZINYLCARBONYL) 4 PYRROLIDINYL]BUTYRAMIDE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAMMAL; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34548170996     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3180ca8a1d     Document Type: Review

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