Both canonical and non-canonical Wnt signaling independently promote stem cell growth in mammospheres

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Many, Alexander M ^a   Brown, Anthony M C ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR BETA; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; WNT PROTEIN; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; DKK1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; WNT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; WNT3A PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CELL; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL ASSAY; CELL GROWTH; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MAMMARY STEM CELL; MAMMOSPHERE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STEM CELL; STEM CELL CULTURE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; WNT1 GENE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

EID: 84904246120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101800     Document Type: Article

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