STAT3 is required for proliferation and maintenance of multipotency in glioblastoma stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2383-2392

  Sherry, Maureen M ^a   Reeves, Andrew ^a   Wu, Julian K ^b   Cochran, Brent H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; Glioblastoma; Neurospheres; STAT3

Indexed keywords

SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; STAT3 PROTEIN;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE; NEURAL STEM CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA INTERFERENCE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN 1; MALE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 70350212976     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.185     Document Type: Article

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