Characteristic overexpression of the forkhead box transcription factor Foxf1 in Patched-associated tumors

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 787-792

  Wendling, Danielle S ^a   Lück, Clemens ^a   Von Schweinitz, Dietrich ^a   Kappler, Roland ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Forkhead; Gene expression; Hedgehog; Medulloblastoma; Patched; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; BMI1 PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXF1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HEART; HUMAN; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; UPREGULATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, NOTCH2; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 65449168391     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm_00000086     Document Type: Article

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