β-catenin signaling initiates the activation of astrocytes and its dysregulation contributes to the pathogenesis of astrocytomas

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6963-6968

  Yang, Chunzhang ^a   Iyer, Rajiv R ^a   Yu, Albert C H ^b   Yong, Raymund L ^a   Park, Deric M ^c   Weil, Robert J ^d   Ikejiri, Barbara ^a   Brady, Roscoe O ^a   Lonser, Russell R ^a   Zhuang, Zhengping ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherent junction; Astrocyte activation; Glioblastoma multiforme; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTACT INHIBITION; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; ASTROCYTOMA; BETA CATENIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84860792637     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118754109     Document Type: Article

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