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Induction of cancer stem cell properties in colon cancer cells by defined factors.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Oshima Nobu, Yamada Yasuhiro, Nagayama Satoshi, Kawada Kenji, Hasegawa Suguru, Okabe Hiroshi, Sakai Yoshiharu, Aoi Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are considered to be responsible for the dismal prognosis of cancer patients. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying the acquisition and maintenance of CSC properties in cancer cells because of their rarity in clinical samples. We herein induced CSC properties in cancer cells using defined factors. We retrovirally introduced a set of defined factors (OCT3/4,...
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