Wnt/β-catenin signaling inhibits the Shh pathway and impairs tumor growth in Shh-dependent medulloblastoma

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 605-607

  Pöschl, Julia ^a   Bartels, Martin ^a   Ohli, Jasmin ^a   Bianchi, Edoardo ^a   Kuteykin Teplyakov, Konstantin ^a   Grammel, Daniel ^a   Ahlfeld, Julia ^a   Schüller, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIN2 PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EXTERNAL GRANULE CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GRANULE CELL; GRANULE NEURON PRECURSOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84896548279     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-014-1258-2     Document Type: Letter

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