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Highly infiltrative brain tumours show reduced chemosensitivity associated with a stem cell-like phenotype.
Neuropathology and applied neurobiology - 1 Aug 2009
Johannessen T-C A, Wang J, Skaftnesmo K-O, Sakariassen P Ø, Enger P Ø, Petersen K, Øyan A M, Kalland K-H, Bjerkvig R, Tysnes B B
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Cancer stem-like cells might have important functions in chemoresistance. We have developed a model where highly infiltrative brain tumours with a stem-like phenotype were established by orthotopic transplantation of human glioblastomas to immunodeficient rats. Serial passaging gradually tr...
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