Evidence for epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancer stem cells of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Chao ^a   Wei, Yan ^a   Hummel, Michael ^a   Hoffmann, Thomas K ^b   Gross, Manfred ^a   Kaufmann, Andreas M ^a   Albers, Andreas E ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 1; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD24 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; ISOENZYME; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; METASTASIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR SPHEROID; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79551522569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016466     Document Type: Article

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