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Enriching and characterizing cancer stem cell sub-populations in the WM115 melanoma cell line.
Biomaterials - 1 Dec 2011
Chandrasekaran Siddarth, DeLouise Lisa A
Abstract excerpt
Cutaneous melanoma is an increasingly common and potentially lethal malignancy of melanocytes, the melanin producing cells normally located in the basal layer of the skin epidermis. Despite major advances in cancer chemotherapeutics and immunotherapy, the success in treating metastatic melanoma remains poor. The notion that cancer stem cells (CSCs) play a key role in melanoma progression is well received....
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