Lymphoma stem cells: Enough evidence to support their existence?

Haematologica

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-302

  Martinez Climent, Jose A ^a   Fontan, Lorena ^a   Gascoyne, Randy D ^b   Siebert, Reiner ^c,d   Prosper, Felipe ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

B cell non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Cancer stem cells; Lymphoid plasticity; Lymphoma initiating vs. Lymphoma originating cells

Indexed keywords

4 [4 (4' CHLORO 2 BIPHENYLYLMETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL] N [4 [3 DIMETHYLAMINO 1 (PHENYLTHIOMETHYL)PROPYLAMINO] 3 NITROBENZENESULFONYL]BENZAMIDE; BMI1 PROTEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; RITUXIMAB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5;

B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CANCER MODEL; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA STEM CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE MYC; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; VDJ EXON;

ANIMALS; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 76549104736     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2009.013318     Document Type: Review

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