Chronic cadmium exposure in vitro causes acquisition of multiple tumor cell characteristics in human pancreatic epithelial cells

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1265-1271

  Qu, Wei ^a   Tokar, Erik J ^a   Kim, Andrew J ^a   Bell, Matthew W ^a   Waalkes, Michael P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cancer cell qualities; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; GELATINASE B; HERMES ANTIGEN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR SPHEROID; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84930485164     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205082     Document Type: Article

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