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Maintenance of primary tumor phenotype and genotype in glioblastoma stem cells.
Neuro-oncology - 1 Feb 2012
Wakimoto Hiroaki, Mohapatra Gayatry, Kanai Ryuichi, Curry William T, Yip Stephen, Nitta Mai, Patel Anoop P, Barnard Zachary R, Stemmer-Rachamimov Anat O, Louis David N, Martuza Robert L, Rabkin Samuel D
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The clinicopathological heterogeneity of glioblastoma (GBM) and the various genetic and phenotypic subtypes in GBM stem cells (GSCs) are well described. However, the relationship between GSCs and the corresponding primary tumor from which they were isolated is poorly understood. We have established GSC-enriched neurosphere cultures from 15 newly diagnosed GBM specimens and examined the relationship between the...
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