Cancer stem cells: The 'heartbeat' of gastric cancer

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 781-797

  Xu, Guihua ^a   Shen, Jie ^b   Ou Yang, Xiaohui ^b   Sasahara, Masakiyo ^c   Su, Xiulan ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Inner Mongolia Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cancer stem cell; Gastric cancer; Microenvironment; Signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BETA CATENIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BEVACIZUMAB; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CAPECITABINE; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD24 ANTIGEN; CD71 ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; CYTOKINE; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER; MICRORNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; VILLIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CANCER STEM CELL; CELL RENEWAL; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE POPULATION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PREVALENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84880802301     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-012-0712-y     Document Type: Review

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