Dysregulation of WNT/CTNNB1 and PI3K/AKT signaling in testicular stromal cells causes granulosa cell tumor of the testis

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 869-878

  Boyer, Alexandre ^b   Paquet, Marilène ^c   Laguë, Marie Noëlle ^a   Hermo, Louis ^d   Boerboom, Derek ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMHR2 PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR MODEL;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SERTOLI CELLS; STROMAL CELLS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 65549166003     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: 14602180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgp051     Document Type: Article

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