Colorectal cancer stem cells: From the crypt to the clinic

Cell Stem Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 692-705

  Zeuner, Ann ^a   Todaro, Matilde ^b   Stassi, Giorgio ^b   De Maria, Ruggero ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STEM CELL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CRYPT CELL; HUMAN; INTESTINAL STEM CELL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; TUMOR ESCAPE;

ANIMALS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INTESTINES; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TUMOR ESCAPE;

EID: 84919452450     PISSN: 19345909     EISSN: 18759777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2014.11.012     Document Type: Review

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