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A novel mouse model of human breast cancer stem-like cells with high CD44+CD24-/lower phenotype metastasis to human bone.
Chinese medical journal - 20 Oct 2008
Ling Li-jun, Wang Shui, Liu Xiao-an, Shen En-chao, Ding Qiang, Lu Chao, Xu Jian, Cao Qin-hong, Zhu Hai-qing, Wang Feng
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BACKGROUND: A satisfactory animal model of breast cancer metastasizing to bone is unavailable. In this study, we used human breast cancer stem-like cells and human bone to build a novel "human-source" model of human breast cancer skeletal metastasis. METHODS: Human breast cancer stem-like cells, the CD44+/CD24-/lower subpopulation, was separated and cultured. Before injection with the stem-like cells, mice were...
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