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Identification and characterization of cancer initiating cells from BRCA1 related mammary tumors using markers for normal mammary stem cells
1 Jan 2008
Abstract excerpt
It is hypothesized that cancer stem cells arise either from normal stem cells or from progenitor cells that have gained the ability to self-renew. Here we determine whether mammary cancer stem cells can be isolated by using antibodies that have been used for the isolation of normal mammary stem cells. We show that BRCA1 mutant cancer cell lines contained a subpopulation of CD24+CD29+ or CD24+CD49f+ cells that...
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