Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/mammalian target of rapamycin pathway is critical for survival and proliferation of pancreatic cancer stem-like side population cells

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 88, Issue 42, 2008, Pages 2994-2998

  Zhou, Jing ^a   Wang, Chun You ^a   Liu, Tao ^a   Wu, He Shui ^a   Zhou, Feng ^a   Xiong, Jiong Xin ^a   Zhao, Gang ^a   Yang, Ming ^a   Yin, Tao ^a   Zhou, Meng Tao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hoechst 33342; Pancreatic neoplasms; Side population cells; Signaling pathway; Tumor stem cells

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; HOE 33342; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RAPAMYCIN; VERAPAMIL; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; ANIMAL; CANCER STEM CELL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, SCID; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 77954829252     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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