Syndecan-1 (CD138) modulates triple-negative breast cancer stem cell properties via regulation of LRP-6 and IL-6-mediated STAT3 signaling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Ibrahim, Sherif A ^a,c   Hassan, Hebatallah ^a,c   Vilardo, Laura ^b   Kumar, Sampath Katakam ^a   Kumar, Archana Vijaya ^a   Kelsch, Reinhard ^a   Schneider, Cornelia ^a   Kiesel, Ludwig ^a   Eich, Hans Theodor ^a   Zucchi, Ileana ^b   Reinbold, Rolland ^b   Greve, Burkhard ^a   Götte, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; ISOENZYMES; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR-RELATED PROTEIN-6; MCF-7 CELLS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NF-KAPPA B; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SYNDECAN-1; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST NEOPLASMS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84893522248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085737     Document Type: Article

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