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Tumor propagating cells: drivers of tumor plasticity, heterogeneity, and recurrence.
Oncogene - 1 Mar 2020
Vessoni Alexandre Teixeira, Filippi-Chiela Eduardo Cremonese, Lenz Guido, Batista Luis Francisco Zirnberger
Abstract excerpt
Tumorigenesis is associated with the development of a highly variable pattern of cellular diversity, consequence of genetic and epigenetic diversification, followed by clonal selection and expansion. This process is shaped by the microenvironment and leads to intratumoral heterogeneity, which is characterized by differences between cancer cells in terms of gene expression, phenotypic markers, growth dynamics, and...
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