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Cell Fusion Connects Oncogenesis with Tumor Evolution.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jul 2015
Zhou Xiaofeng, Merchak Kevin, Lee Woojin, Grande Joseph P, Cascalho Marilia, Platt Jeffrey L
Abstract excerpt
Cell fusion likely drives tumor evolution by undermining chromosomal and DNA stability and/or by generating phenotypic diversity; however, whether a cell fusion event can initiate malignancy and direct tumor evolution is unknown. We report that a fusion event involving normal, nontransformed, cytogenetically stable epithelial cells can initiate chromosomal instability, DNA damage, cell transformation, and...
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