Elf-renewal mechanisms in neural cancer stem cells

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 598-607

  Mantamadiotis, Theo ^a   Taraviras, Stavros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer stem cell; Proliferation; Review; Self renewal; Signaling pathway; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CD133 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MICRORNA; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN P53; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEURAL STEM CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PEPTIDES; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 79955031873     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3708     Document Type: Article

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