The emerging role of the Ikaros stem cell factor in the neuroendocrine system

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 45-51

  Ezzat, Shereen ^a   Asa, Sylvia L ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LIPID; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR;

EID: 51349089068     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JME-08-0045     Document Type: Review

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