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Reduced expression of INK4a/ARF genes in stem-like sphere cells from rat sarcomas.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 26 Oct 2007
Fujii Hiromasa, Honoki Kanya, Tsujiuchi Toshifumi, Kido Akira, Yoshitani Kazuhiro, Mori Toshio, Takakura Yoshinori
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The presence of cancer stem cells, in both hematopoietic and solid malignancies, has been recently linked to their pathogenesis. We aimed to identify the characteristics and stem-like properties of sphere-colony forming cells in rat osteosarcoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma cell lines. The results showed that both cell lines possessed an ability to form spherical, clonally expanding colonies in...
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