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Essential role of stromally induced hedgehog signaling in B-cell malignancies.
Nature medicine - 1 Aug 2007
Dierks Christine, Grbic Jovana, Zirlik Katja, Beigi Ronak, Englund Nathan P, Guo Gui-Rong, Veelken Hendrik, Engelhardt Monika, Mertelsmann Roland, Kelleher Joseph F, Schultz Peter, Warmuth Markus
Abstract excerpt
Interaction of cancer cells with their microenvironment generated by stromal cells is essential for tumor cell survival and influences the localization of tumor growth. Here we demonstrate that hedgehog ligands secreted by bone-marrow, nodal and splenic stromal cells function as survival factors...
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