Early phase of maternal skin carcinogenesis recruits long-term engrafted fetal cells.

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During pregnancy, fetal cells enter the maternal circulation. These may be mesenchymal stem cells, haematopoietic or endothelial progenitors, which may persist for decades and be recruited to damaged maternal tissues. Recently, fetal cells were also identified in tumour tissues such as cervical cancer and breast carcinomas. However, the timing of malignant tumour infiltration was not demonstrated. In this study,...

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