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Interaction between adipose tissue stromal cells and gastric cancer cells in vitro.
Cell and tissue research - 1 May 2011
Nomoto-Kojima Namie, Aoki Shigehisa, Uchihashi Kazuyoshi, Matsunobu Aki, Koike Eisuke, Ootani Akifumi, Yonemitsu Nobuhisa, Fujimoto Kazuma, Toda Shuji
Abstract excerpt
Adipose tissue exists in the gastric submucosa and subserosa. Thus, adipose tissue stromal cells (ATSCs), which include mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), seem critical for the progression of gastric cancer but their interaction with the cancer cells is unknown. We demonstrated an interaction between these cells, using immunohistochemistry, Western blot and the collagen gel invasion assay system, in which the...
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