Pathology and pathogenesis of craniopharyngiomas

Pituitary

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-17

  Larkin, Sarah J ^a,b   Ansorge, Olaf ^a,b  

^a Clinical Neurosciences   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Pathogenesis; Pituitary tumour; Stem cells; Catenin

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; APC PROTEIN; AXIN; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CASEIN KINASE I; ENAMELIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 5; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 6; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 20; NOTCH RECEPTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HESX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ADAMANTINOMATOUS CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CTNNB1 GENE; CYTOSOL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; METAPLASIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; ONSET AGE; PAPILLARY CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL DISORDER; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84873712756     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-012-0418-4     Document Type: Review

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