Adult lung stem cells and their contribution to lung tumourigenesis

Open Biology

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Asselin Labat, Marie Liesse ^a,b   Filby, Caitlin E ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; Cell of origin of lung cancer; Lung cancer; Lung disease and repair; Lung stem cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CELL OF ORIGIN OF LUNG CANCER; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE AND REPAIR; LUNG STEM CELLS; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

CANCER STEM CELLS; CELL OF ORIGIN OF LUNG CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE AND REPAIR; LUNG STEM CELLS;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS;

EID: 84871676262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120094     Document Type: Review

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