Proliferation and bone marrow engraftment of AML blasts is dependent on β-catenin signalling

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-174

  Siapati, Elena K ^a   Papadaki, Magda ^a   Kozaou, Zoi ^a   Rouka, Erasmia ^b   Michali, Evridiki ^c   Savvidou, Ioanna ^c   Gogos, Dimitrios ^c   Kyriakou, Despina ^b   Anagnostopoulos, Nikos I ^c   Vassilopoulos, George ^a,d  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^c G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

catenin; Acute myeloid leukaemia; CD44; Wnt pathway

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BONE MARROW; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE; CELL HOMING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR ENGRAFTMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MICE; MICE, SCID; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 78650324198     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08471.x     Document Type: Article

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