Epithelial stem cells and intestinal cancer

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-53

  Tan, Shawna ^a   Barker, Nick ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epithelial; Intestinal cancer; Lgr5; Organoids; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CELL MARKER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MUSASHI PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN ASCL2; PROTEIN LGR5; PROTEIN OLFM4; PROTEIN RNF43; PROTEIN SMOC2; PROTEINHOPX; RING FINGER PROTEIN; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TROY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 3;

ADULT STEM CELL; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLONAL VARIATION; EPITHELIAL STEM CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GASTRULATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGENERATIVE ABILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN EPITHELIUM; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE REGENERATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE TUMOR; MOUSE;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MICE; ORGANOIDS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84929955370     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: 10963650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2014.02.005     Document Type: Review

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