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Complement proteins C7 and CFH control the stemness of liver cancer cells via LSF-1.
Cancer letters - 1 Mar 2016
Seol Hyang Sook, Lee Sang Eun, Song Joon Seon, Rhee Je-Keun, Singh Shree Ram, Chang Suhwan, Jang Se Jin
Abstract excerpt
Tumor-initiating cells are important for the formation and maintenance of tumor bulks in various tumors. To identify surface markers of liver tumor-initiating cells, we performed primary tumorsphere culture and analyzed the expression of cluster of differentiation (CD) antigen genes using NanoString. Interestingly, we found significant upregulation of the complement proteins (p = 1.60 × 10(-18)), including C7 and...
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