Exploring stemness gene expression and vasculogenic mimicry capacity in well- and poorly-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 422, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 429-435

  Lirdprapamongkol, Kriengsak ^a   Chiablaem, Khajeelak ^a   Sila Asna, Monnipha ^b   Surarit, Rudee ^b   Bunyaratvej, Ahnond ^b   Svasti, Jisnuson ^a,c  

^a Krung Thep Maha Nakhon   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepatocyte growth factor; Invasion; Vasculogenic mimicry

Indexed keywords

VIMENTIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CD133 GENE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MESENCHYME CELL; METASTASIS; NANOG GENE; OCT4 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOX2 GENE; VASCULOGENIC MIMICRY;

ANTIGENS, CD; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PEPTIDES; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84861944077     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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