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Dickkopf1 Regulates Fate Decision and Drives Breast Cancer Stem Cells to Differentiation: An Experimentally Supported Mathematical Model
6 Sept 2011
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BACKGROUND: Modulation of cellular signaling pathways can change the replication/differentiation balance in cancer stem cells (CSCs), thus affecting tumor growth and recurrence. Analysis of a simple, experimentally verified, mathematical model suggests that this balance is maintained by quorum sensing (QS). METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To explore the mechanism by which putative QS cellular signals in mammary...
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