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CD44<sup>+</sup>CD133<sup>+</sup>population exhibits cancer stem cell-like characteristics in human gallbladder carcinoma
1 Dec 2010
Abstract excerpt
Cancer stem cells (CSCs)/tumor-initiating cells have been defined as a subset of tumor cells responsible for initiating and sustaining tumor development. Emerging evidence strongly supports the existence of CSCs in various solid tumors, but they have not yet been identified in human gallbladder carcinomas (GBC). In this study, we identified CSCs in primary GBC and in the cell line GBC-SD using the cell surface...
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