Investigating the link between epithelial-mesenchymal transition and the cancer stem cell phenotype: A mathematical approach

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-335

  Turner, C ^a   Kohandel, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b FIELDS INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cell hypothesis; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

CD24 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN;

CANCER; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; TUMOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST TUMOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MESODERM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, CD44; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS;

EID: 77954621247     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.05.024     Document Type: Article

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