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Induced cancer stem-like cells as a model for biological screening and discovery of agents targeting phenotypic traits of cancer stem cell.
Oncotarget - 30 Sept 2014
Nishi Mayuko, Akutsu Hidenori, Kudoh Ayumi, Kimura Hirokazu, Yamamoto Naoki, Umezawa Akihiro, Lee Sam W, Ryo Akihide
Abstract excerpt
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) retain the capacity to propagate themselves through self-renewal and to produce heterogeneous lineages of cancer cells constituting the tumor. Novel drugs that target CSCs can potentially eliminate the tumor initiating cell population therefore resulting in complete cure of the cancer. We recently established a CSC-like model using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology to...
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