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SLUG/SNAI2 and tumor necrosis factor generate breast cells with CD44+/CD24- phenotype.
BMC cancer - 6 Aug 2010
Bhat-Nakshatri Poornima, Appaiah Hitesh, Ballas Christopher, Pick-Franke Patricia, Goulet Robert, Badve Sunil, Srour Edward F, Nakshatri Harikrishna
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BACKGROUND: Breast cancer cells with CD44+/CD24- cell surface marker expression profile are proposed as cancer stem cells (CSCs). Normal breast epithelial cells that are CD44+/CD24- express higher levels of stem/progenitor cell associated genes. We, amongst others, have shown that cancer cells that have undergone epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) display the CD44+/CD24- phenotype. However, whether all...
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