HOX genes and their role in the development of human cancers

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 811-823

  Bhatlekar, Seema ^a   Fields, Jeremy Z ^b   Boman, Bruce M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CATX Inc Delaware Technology Park   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer stem cells; HOX genes; Solid tumors; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; HOX PROTEIN; MICRORNA; TAMOXIFEN; UNTRANSLATED RNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HOX GENE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; ONCOGERMINATIVE THEORY; OVARY CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; STEM CELL; THYROID CANCER; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84906350809     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-014-1181-y     Document Type: Review

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