Recent advances in acute myeloid leukemia stem cell biology

Haematologica

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 966-974

  Horton, Sarah J ^a,b   Huntly, Brian J P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Cellular; Leukemic stem cells; Molecular

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; CD123 ANTIGEN; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD32 ANTIGEN; CD33 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD47 ANTIGEN; FLT3 LIGAND; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; THY 1 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; APOPTOSIS; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL RENEWAL; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA CELL; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863910743     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2011.054734     Document Type: Review

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