Stem cell dynamics and heterogeneity: Implications for epidermal regeneration and skin cancer

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 35, 2012, Pages 5984-5992

  Petersson, M ^a   Niemann, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer stem cell; Dynamic; Epidermis; Hair follicle; Hierarchy; Skin; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; NEUROPILIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 1; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FATE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CLONOGENESIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; REGENERATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STEM CELLS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84871276220     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986712804485962     Document Type: Article

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