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Defining the origins of Ras/p53-mediated squamous cell carcinoma.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 3 May 2011
White Andrew C, Tran Kathy, Khuu Joan, Dang Christine, Cui Yongyan, Binder Scott W, Lowry William E
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The precise identity of cancer cells of origin and the molecular events of tumor initiation in epidermal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are unknown. Here we show that malignancy potential is related to the developmental capacity of the initiating cancer cell in a genetically defined, intact, and inducible in vivo model. Specifically, these data demonstrate that SCCs can originate from inside the hair follicle stem...
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