"Nestin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type VI intermediate filament protein expressed mostly in nerve cells where it is associated with the survival, renewal and mitogen-stimulated proliferation of neural progenitor cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D064231
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.593.540 D12.776.220.475.540 D12.776.631.607
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| Concept/Terms |
Nestin- Nestin
- Nestin Protein
- Protein, Nestin
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nestin" by people in Profiles.
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Nobre AR, Risson E, Singh DK, Di Martino JS, Cheung JF, Wang J, Johnson J, Russnes HG, Bravo-Cordero JJ, Birbrair A, Naume B, Azhar M, Frenette PS, Aguirre-Ghiso JA. Bone marrow NG2+/Nestin+ mesenchymal stem cells drive DTC dormancy via TGFß2. Nat Cancer. 2021 03; 2(3):327-339.
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Meisen WH, Dubin S, Sizemore ST, Mathsyaraja H, Thies K, Lehman NL, Boyer P, Jaime-Ramirez AC, Elder JB, Powell K, Chakravarti A, Ostrowski MC, Kaur B. Changes in BAI1 and nestin expression are prognostic indicators for survival and metastases in breast cancer and provide opportunities for dual targeted therapies. Mol Cancer Ther. 2015 Jan; 14(1):307-14.
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Yu H, Wessels A, Tint GS, Patel SB. Partial rescue of neonatal lethality of Dhcr7 null mice by a nestin promoter-driven DHCR7 transgene expression. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 2005 Apr 21; 156(1):46-60.
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Cheng G, Wessels A, Gourdie RG, Thompson RP. Spatiotemporal and tissue specific distribution of apoptosis in the developing chick heart. Dev Dyn. 2002 Jan; 223(1):119-33.