The KDM1A histone demethylase is a promising new target for the epigenetic therapy of medulloblastoma

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pajtler, Kristian W ^a   Weingarten, Christina ^a   Thor, Theresa ^a   Künkele, Annette ^a   Heukamp, Lukas C ^b   Büttner, Reinhard ^b   Suzuki, Takayoshi ^c   Miyata, Naoki ^d   Grotzer, Michael ^e   Rieb, Anja ^a   Sprüssel, Annika ^a   Eggert, Angelika ^a   Schramm, Alexander ^a   Schulte, Johannes H ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein 2; Histone modification; LSD1; Migration; NCL 1; SMAD5

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005925759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20515960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-5960-1-19     Document Type: Article

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