Interaction between gastric cancer stem cells and the tumor microenvironment

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1111-1120

  Ishimoto, Takatsugu ^a   Sawayama, Hiroshi ^a   Sugihara, Hidetaka ^a   Baba, Hideo ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cell; Gastric cancer; Niche; Tumor microenvironment

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD24 ANTIGEN; CD44V ANTIGEN; CD71 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FLUOROURACIL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GELATINASE B; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 22; MICRORNA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1ALPHA; THY 1 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRASTUZUMAB; TUMOR MARKER; UNINDEXED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL RENEWAL; CPG ISLAND; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRAVASATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GASTRIC CANCER CELL LINE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MACROPHAGE; MYOFIBROBLAST; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL NICHE; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; UPREGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH TUMOR;

HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84905403850     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-014-0952-0     Document Type: Review

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