Immunobiology and signaling pathways of cancer stem cells: implication for cancer therapy

Cytotechnology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 749-759

  Salem, Mohamed L ^a,b,c   El Badawy, Ahmed S ^b   Li, Zihai ^c  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; Hedgehog; Immunobiology; Notch; Wnt

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TUMOR ANTIGEN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; COLON CANCER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 84940207002     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: 15730778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10616-014-9830-0     Document Type: Review

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