Cancer stem cells in moderately differentiated oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma express components of the renin-angiotensin system

J Clin Pathol. 2016 Oct;69(10):942-5. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2016-203736. Epub 2016 Jul 1.

Authors

Tinte Itinteang¹, Jonathan C Dunne¹, Alice M Chibnall¹, Helen D Brasch¹, Paul F Davis¹, Swee T Tan²

Affiliations

¹ Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand.
² Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand.

No abstract available

Keywords: CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STEM CELLS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; TUMOUR BIOLOGY.

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / metabolism*
Cell Differentiation
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Neoplastic Stem Cells / pathology*
Renin-Angiotensin System*
Tongue / pathology*
Tongue Neoplasms / diagnosis
Tongue Neoplasms / metabolism*