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Heterogeneous tumor subpopulations cooperate to drive invasion.
Cell reports - 7 Aug 2014
Chapman Anna, Fernandez del Ama Laura, Ferguson Jennifer, Kamarashev Jivko, Wellbrock Claudia, Hurlstone Adam
Abstract excerpt
Clonal selection and transcriptional reprogramming (e.g., epithelial-mesenchymal transition or phenotype switching) are the predominant theories thought to underlie tumor progression. However, a "division of labor" leading to cooperation among tumor-cell subpopulations could be an additional catalyst of progression. Using a zebrafish-melanoma xenograft model, we found that in a heterogeneous setting, inherently...
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