Expression of BARHL1 in medulloblastoma is associated with prolonged survival in mice and humans

Oncogene

Volumn 30, Issue 47, 2011, Pages 4721-4730

  Poschl J ^a   Lorenz, A ^a   Hartmann, W ^b   Von Bueren, A O ^c   Kool, M ^d   Li, S ^e   Peraud, A ^a   Tonn, J C ^a   Herms, J ^a   Xiang, M ^e   Rutkowski, S ^c   Kretzschmar, H A ^a   Schuller U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barhl1; Cerebellum; Medulloblastoma; Sonic hedgehog; Survival; Tumor

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARHL1 GENE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL MIGRATION; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ERINACEIDAE; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 81855182063     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2011.173     Document Type: Article

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