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Identification of ABCG2⁺ cells in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells.
Oncology reports - 1 Apr 2012
Zhang Hongbo, Liu Weidong, Feng Xiangling, Wang Lei, Jiang Xingjun, Liu Dingyang, Zhang Lihua, Zhu Bin, Zhou Wen, Jia Wenting, Li Guifei, Ren Caiping
Abstract excerpt
Tumor stem cells are a small subset of tumor cells with the ability of self-renewal and differentiation and are regarded as a cause of tumor growth and recurrence. Previously we have shown that stem-like label-retaining cells (LRCs) can be detected in nasopharynx, tongue, esophagus and xenograft tumors formed by nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell lines (5-8F, 6-10B and TMNE). The present study aimed to identify...
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