Target gene activation of the wnt signaling pathway in nuclear β-catenin accumulating cells of adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas

Brain Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-364

  Hölsken, Annett ^a   Kreutzer, Jürgen ^a   Hofmann, Bernd M ^a   Hans, Volkmar ^c   Oppel, Falk ^c   Buchfelder, Michael ^a   Fahlbusch, Rudolf ^b   Blümcke, Ingmar ^a   Buslei, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

catenin; Axin2; BMP4; Conductin; CTNNB1

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; WNT PROTEIN;

ADAMANTINOMATOUS CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXIN2 GENE; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CTNNB1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER MICRODISSECTION; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 66949125350     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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