New surprises from an old favourite: The emergence of telomerase as a key player in the regulation of cancer stemness

Biochimie

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 170-178

  Terali, Kerem ^a   Yilmazer, Açelya ^b  

^a NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer stemness; CSCs; Positive feedback loops; Targeted anticancer therapy; Telomerase; TERT

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; REVIEW; STEM CELL NICHE; TELOMERE; THERAPY RESISTANCE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 84950976296     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.12.001     Document Type: Review

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