Level of Notch activation determines the effect on growth and stem cell-like features in glioblastoma multiforme neurosphere cultures

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 625-637

  Kristoffersen, Karina ^a   Villingshøj, Mette ^a   Poulsen, Hans Skovgaard ^a   Stockhausen, Marie Thérése ^a  

^a FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain cancer stem like cells; DAPT; Glioblastoma multiforme; ICN 1; Neurosphere cultures; Notch activity; Notch signaling

Indexed keywords

GAMMA SECRETASE INHIBITOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL RENEWAL; COLONY FORMATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEURAL STEM CELL; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

BRAIN CANCER STEM-LIKE CELLS; DAPT; GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME; ICN-1; NEUROSPHERE CULTURES; NOTCH ACTIVITY; NOTCH SIGNALING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84881138268     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.24595     Document Type: Article

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