Physiological β-catenin signaling controls self-renewal networks and generation of stem-like cells from nasopharyngeal carcinoma

BMC Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Yue ^a   Cheung, Arthur Kwok Leung ^a   Ko, Josephine Mun Yee ^a   Phoon, Yee Peng ^a   Chiu, Pui Man ^a   Lo, Paulisally Hau Yi ^a   Waterman, Marian L ^b   Lung, Maria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cell markers; Chromosome 3 transfer; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Physiological Wnt catenin signaling; Self renewal network; Stemness transition; Tumor suppressor genes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD24 ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HERMES ANTIGEN; IL6ST PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; LIFR PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN P53; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; THY 1 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STRAIN HONE1; CELL STRAIN SLMT1; CHROMOSOME 3; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRID CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANTIGENS, CD; BETA CATENIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84884623144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-14-44     Document Type: Article

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