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Acquisition cancer stemness, mesenchymal transdifferentiation, and chemoresistance properties by chronic exposure of oral epithelial cells to arecoline.
Oncotarget - 20 Dec 2016
Wang Tung Yuan, Peng Chih-Yu, Lee Shiuan-Shinn, Chou Ming-Yung, Yu Cheng-Chia, Chang Yu-Chao
Abstract excerpt
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), one of the most deadliest malignancies in the world, is caused primarily by areca nut chewing in Southeast Asia. The mechanisms by which areca nut participates in OSCC tumorigenesis are not well understood. In this study, we investigated the effects of low dose long-term arecoline (10 μg/mL, 90-days), a major areca nut alkaloid, on enhancement cancer stemness of human oral...
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