GLI2 is a potential therapeutic target in pediatric medulloblastoma

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 430-437

  Buczkowicz, Pawel ^a,b,c   Ma, Jing ^a   Hawkins, Cynthia ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; GLI; Medulloblastoma; Pediatric; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3;

ADOLESCENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFANT; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79957476194     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: 15546578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e31821b94db     Document Type: Article

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