Alpha-fetoprotein-producing pancreatic cancer cells possess cancer stem cell characteristics

Cancer Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-161

  Sasaki, Naoya ^a   Ishii, Takamichi ^a   Kamimura, Ryo ^a   Kajiwara, Masatoshi ^a   Machimoto, Takafumi ^a   Nakatsuji, Norio ^b,c   Suemori, Hirofumi ^c   Ikai, Iwao ^a,d   Yasuchika, Kentaro ^a   Uemoto, Shinji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein (AFP); ATP binding cassette; Cancer stem cell; Member 12 (ABCA12); Pancreatic cancer; Sub family A (ABC1)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ABCA12; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, SCID; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79959568293     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: 18727980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2011.04.023     Document Type: Article

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