Role of stem cells in human uterine leiomyoma growth

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ono, Masanori ^a   Qiang, Wenan ^a   Serna, Vanida Ann ^a   Yin, Ping ^a   Coon, John S ^a   Navarro, Antonia ^a   Monsivais, Diana ^a   Kakinuma, Toshiyuki ^a   Dyson, Matthew ^a   Druschitz, Stacy ^a   Unno, Kenji ^a   Kurita, Takeshi ^a   Bulun, Serdar E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALPONIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GENOMIC DNA; GESTAGEN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRANSGELIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESR1 GENE; ESR2 GENE; FEMALE; GAPDH GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA DERIVED SIDE POPULATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PGR GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIDE POPULATION CELL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD CELLS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, SCID; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84860511488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036935     Document Type: Article

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