Glutamatergic signaling in cellular transformation

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-342

  Teh, Jessica L F ^a   Chen, Suzie ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grm1; Melanoma; MGluR1

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXY 2 METHYLPHENYLGLYCINE; B RAF KINASE; BAY 36 7620; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; MELAN A; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE B BETA; RILUZOLE; SELUMETINIB; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; SORAFENIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEMURAFENIB; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG RESPONSE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IONIZING RADIATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84865347543     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2012.00983.x     Document Type: Review

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