ALDH1-positive cancer stem-like cells are enriched in nodal metastases of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma independent of HPV status

Oncology Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1777-1784

  Qian, Xu ^a,b   Wagner, Steffen ^c   Ma, Chenming ^a   Klussmann, Jens P ^c   Hummel, Michael ^a   Kaufmann, Andreas M ^a   Albers, Andreas E ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Cancer stem cell; Human papillomavirus; Metastasis; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 1; PROTEIN P16; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 84876239864     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2013.2340     Document Type: Article

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