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Structure and function of the perinucleolar compartment in cancer cells.
Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology - 1 Jan 2010
Slusarczyk A, Kamath R, Wang C, Anchel D, Pollock C, Lewandowska M A, Fitzpatrick T, Bazett-Jones D P, Huang S
Abstract excerpt
The perinucleolar compartment (PNC) is a subnuclear body that forms in cancer cells. In vivo analyses using human tumor tissues demonstrate a close correlation between PNC prevalence and disease progress in colorectal carcinoma, and a high PNC prevalence is associated with poor patient outcome. These findings are consistent with previous observations in breast cancer and cancer cell lines in vitro. The PNC is...
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