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Trophoblastic-like transdifferentiation: A key to oncogenesis.
Critical reviews in oncology/hematology - 1 May 2016
Piechowski Jean
Abstract excerpt
The epigenetic plasticity of cancer stem-like cells allows them to reprogram multifaceted properties. Being determined by an oncogene driving force, the reprogrammed properties are suitable for extensive, non-homeostatic clone expansion rather than controlled tissue generation. They belong to physiological phenotypes, under strict control in normal cells but illicitly expressed in malignant cells. Comparing the...
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