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The hypoxic microenvironment upgrades stem-like properties of ovarian cancer cells.
BMC cancer - 29 May 2012
Liang Dongming, Ma Yuanyuan, Liu Jian, Trope Claes Goran, Holm Ruth, Nesland Jahn M, Suo Zhenhe
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BACKGROUND: To study whether hypoxia influences the stem-like properties of ovarian cancer cells and their biological behavior under hypoxia. METHOD: Ovarian cancer cell lines ES-2 and OVCAR-3 were cultivated in different oxygen tensions for proliferation, cell cycling and invasion analyses. The clonogenic potential of cells was examined by colony formation and sphere formation assays. Stem cell surface markers,...
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