Cells of origin and tumor-initiating cells for nonmelanoma skin cancers

Cancer Letters

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-88

  Thieu, Khanh ^a   Ruiz, Marlon E ^a   Owens, David M ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cell; Epidermis; Hair follicle; Keratinocyte; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6BETA4 INTEGRIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MODEL; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL NICHE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84882880367     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: 18727980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.05.008     Document Type: Review

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