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Imaging Reporters for Proteasome Activity Identify Tumor- and Metastasis-Initiating Cells.
Molecular imaging - 1 Jan 2015
Stacer Amanda C, Wang Hanxiao, Fenner Joseph, Dosch Joseph S, Salomonnson Anna, Luker Kathryn E, Luker Gary D, Rehemtulla Alnawaz, Ross Brian D
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Tumor-initiating cells, also designated as cancer stem cells, are proposed to constitute a subpopulation of malignant cells central to tumorigenesis, metastasis, and treatment resistance. We analyzed the activity of the proteasome, the primary organelle for targeted protein degradation, as a marker of tumor- and metastasis-initiating cells. Using human and mouse breast cancer cells expressing a validated...
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