Hedgehog signalling as a target in cancer stem cells

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 199-207

  Medina, Vanessa ^a,e   Calvo, Moisés B ^b   Díaz Prado, Silvia ^b,c   Espada, Jesús ^d  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b Biomedical Research Institute INIBIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^e Teresa Herrera Hospital (annex building)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer stem cells; Gli; Hh (Hedgehog); Patched(Ptc); Smoothened(Smo)

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; MEGALIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; PROTEIN PATCHED 2; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CANCER STEM CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 67650249220     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-009-0341-y     Document Type: Review

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