Stem cells and cancer stem-like cells in endocrine tissues

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Lloyd, Ricardo V ^a   Hardin, Heather ^a   Montemayor Garcia, Celina ^a   Rotondo, Fabio ^b   Syro, Luis V ^b   Horvath, Eva ^b   Kovacs, Kalman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Cancer stem like cells; Carcinoid; Parathyroid; Pituitary; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CD133 ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; METFORMIN; NESTIN; NOTCH4 RECEPTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN S 100; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT STEM CELL; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER STEM LIKE CELL; CARCINOID; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PARATHYROID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 84874002837     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: 15590097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-013-9235-1     Document Type: Article

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