Medulloblastoma stem cells

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2821-2827

  Fan, Xing ^a   Eberhart, Charles G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BRAIN CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; HISTOGENESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 45549091581     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.2264     Document Type: Review

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