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Oncogenic somatic events in tissue-specific stem cells: a role in cancer recurrence?
Ageing research reviews - 1 Jan 2014
Hartwig F P, Nedel F, Collares T, Tarquinio S B C, Nör J E, Demarco F F
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Tissue-specific stem cells (TSSCs) are a very unique cell type, with critical and well-defined roles for the homeostasis of high turnover tissues (such as the blood and the skin). Emerging evidence suggests that TSSCs are implicated in malignancies, with several theories being proposed and tested, including many attempts to identify the cells of origin and studies deigned to understand how TSSCs participate in...
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