Adult neural stem cells and their role in brain pathology

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 242-253

  Yadirgi, G ^a   Marino, S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Multipotency; Neural stem cells; Self renewal; Tumour stem cells

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CD133 ANTIGEN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2D; CYCLINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NESTIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; WNT PROTEIN;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; ADULT STEM CELL; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMENTIA; EPILEPSY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 58449089201     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.2480     Document Type: Review

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