Multiple myeloma cancer stem cells

Oncotarget

Volumn 7, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 35466-35477

  Gao, Minjie ^a   Kong, Yuanyuan ^a   Yang, Guang ^a   Gao, Lu ^a   Shi, Jumei ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; MicroRNA; Myeloma stem cells; Signaling pathways; Surface marker

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MICRORNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINE; CELL PLASTICITY; CELL SELF-RENEWAL; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CELLULAR QUIESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SP CELL LINE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS;

EID: 84973640880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.8154     Document Type: Article

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