Dickkopf-3 maintains the PANC-1 human pancreatic tumor cells in a dedifferentiated state

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-46

  Zenzmaier, Christoph ^a   Herman, Martin ^b   Hengster, Paul ^b   Berger, Peter ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dickkopf 3; Differentiation; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Proliferation; Senescence associated galactosidase

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN LIKE ELASTASE FAMILY MEMBER 1; CHYMOTRYPSINOGEN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; EXENDIN 4; GLUCAGON; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN CELA1; PROTEIN DICKKOPF 3; TUMOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENTIVIRINAE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UPREGULATION;

CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P27; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LENTIVIRUS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84455163106     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2011.1180     Document Type: Article

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