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Phenotypic heterogeneity among tumorigenic melanoma cells from patients that is reversible and not hierarchically organized.
Cancer cell - 16 Nov 2010
Quintana Elsa, Shackleton Mark, Foster Hannah R, Fullen Douglas R, Sabel Michael S, Johnson Timothy M, Morrison Sean J
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We investigated whether melanoma is hierarchically organized into phenotypically distinct subpopulations of tumorigenic and nontumorigenic cells or whether most melanoma cells retain tumorigenic capacity, irrespective of their phenotype. We found 28% of single melanoma cells obtained directly fro...
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