The small GTPase Rac1 is involved in the maintenance of stemness and malignancies in glioma stem-like cells

FEBS Letters

Volumn 585, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2331-2338

  Yoon, Chang Hwan ^a   Hyun, Kyung Hwan ^a   Kim, Rae Kwon ^a   Lee, Hyejin ^a   Lim, Eun Jung ^a   Chung, Hee Yong ^a   An, Sungkwan ^b   Park, Myung Jin ^c   Suh, Yongjoon ^a   Kim, Min Jung ^a,d   Lee, Su Jae ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Radiation and Medical Science   (South Korea)

^d Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Glioma stem like cells; Migration and invasion; Rac1; Radiation resistance

Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; RAC1 PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLIOMA CELL; GLIOMA STEM LIKE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79960364956     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.05.070     Document Type: Article

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