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Adult human mesenchymal stem cell as a target for neoplastic transformation.
Oncogene - 24 Jun 2004
Serakinci Nedime, Guldberg Per, Burns Jorge S, Abdallah Basem, Schrødder Henrik, Jensen Thomas, Kassem Moustapha
Abstract excerpt
The neoplastic process may involve a cancer stem cell. This concept has emerged largely from the careful analysis of tumour biopsy systems from haematological, breast and brain tumours. However, the experimental systems necessary to provide the cellular and molecular evidence to support this important concept have been lacking. We have used adult mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) transduced with the telomerase hTERT...
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