Granulin-epithelin precursor is an oncofetal protein defining hepatic cancer stem cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Cheung, Phyllis Fung Yi ^a   Cheng, Christine Kei Chin ^a   Wong, Nicholas Chun Lim ^a   Ho, Jenny Chung Yee ^a   Yip, Chi Wai ^a   Lui, Vincent Chi Hang ^a   Cheung, Annie Nga Yin ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a,b   Cheung, Siu Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER B5; BETA CATENIN; CD133 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GRANULIN EPITHELIN PRECURSOR; GROWTH FACTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; ONCOFETAL ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABCB5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GLYCOPROTEIN P; GRN PROTEIN, HUMAN; GRN PROTEIN, MOUSE; ONCOFETAL ANTIGENS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT LIVER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS LIVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; CELL SEPARATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SCREENING; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SEPARATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; PHENOTYPE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR STEM CELL ASSAY;

EID: 83455186991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028246     Document Type: Article

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