Stem cells of the human epidermis and their niche: Composition and function in epidermal regeneration and carcinogenesis

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1247-1258

  Boehnke, Karsten ^a   Falkowska Hansen, Berit ^a   Stark, Hans Jürgen ^a   Boukamp, Petra ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTEGRIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL REGENERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EPIDERMAL STEM CELL; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; MICE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STEM CELLS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84865154526     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: 14602180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgs136     Document Type: Review

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