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KLF4 functions as an oncogene in promoting cancer stem cell-like characteristics in osteosarcoma cells.
Acta pharmacologica Sinica - 1 Apr 2019
Qi Xiao-Tian, Li Yang-Ling, Zhang Yan-Qi, Xu Tong, Lu Bin, Fang Liang, Gao Jian-Qing, Yu Lu-Shan, Zhu Di-Feng, Yang Bo, He Qiao-Jun, Ying Mei-Dan
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Despite more effective chemotherapy combined with limb-salvage surgery for the osteosarcoma treatment, survival rates for osteosarcoma patients have stagnated over the past three decades due to the poor prognosis. Osteosarcoma cancer stem cells (OSCs) are responsible for the growth and metastasis of osteosarcoma. The existence of OSCs offers a theoretical explanation for therapeutic failures including tumor...
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