Inhibition of the stem cell marker nestin reduces tumor growth and invasion of malignant melanoma

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1384-1387

  Akiyama, Michiko ^a   Matsuda, Yoko ^a   Ishiwata, Toshiyuki ^a   Naito, Zenya ^a   Kawana, Seiji ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; F ACTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NESTIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

CANCER INVASION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CELL GROWTH; CYTOPLASM; DERMIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 84876694171     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.508     Document Type: Letter

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