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The overshoot and phenotypic equilibrium in characterizing cancer dynamics of reversible phenotypic plasticity.
Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Feb 2016
Chen Xiufang, Wang Yue, Feng Tianquan, Yi Ming, Zhang Xingan, Zhou Da
Abstract excerpt
The paradigm of phenotypic plasticity indicates reversible relations of different cancer cell phenotypes, which extends the cellular hierarchy proposed by the classical cancer stem cell (CSC) theory. Since it is still questionable if the phenotypic plasticity is a crucial improvement to the hierarchical model or just a minor extension to it, it is worthwhile to explore the dynamic behavior characterizing the...
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