LGR5 positivity defines stem-like cells in colorectal cancer

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 849-858

  Hirsch, Daniela ^a,b   Barker, Nick ^c   Mcneil, Nicole ^a   Hu, Yue ^a   Camps, Jordi ^a   Mckinnon, Katherine ^a   Clevers, Hans ^d   Ried, Thomas ^a   Gaiser, Timo ^e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOXYMETHANE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LEUCINE; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 5; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, NOTCH;

EID: 84898639605     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: 14602180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgt377     Document Type: Article

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