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Phenotypic plasticity and epithelial-mesenchymal transitions in cancer and normal stem cells?
International journal of cancer - 15 Nov 2011
Scheel Christina, Weinberg Robert A
Abstract excerpt
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are similar to normal stem cells in their ability to self-renew and to generate large populations of more differentiated descendants. In contrast to the hierarchical organization that is presumed to be the prevalent mode of normal tissue homeostasis, phenotypic plasticity allows cancer cells to dynamically enter into and exit from stem-cell states. The epithelial-mesenchymal transition...
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