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Cancer stemness contributes to cluster formation of colon cancer cells and high metastatic potentials.
Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology - 1 May 2020
Kapeleris Joanna, Zou Hong, Qi Yan, Gu Yushu, Li Jingyun, Schoning Jennifer, Monteiro Michael J, Gu Wenyi
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The ability of cancer cells to form clusters is a characteristic feature in the development of metastatic tumours with drug resistance. Several studies demonstrated that clusters of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) have a greater metastatic potential to establish new tumours at secondary sites than single CTCs. However, the mechanism of cluster formation is not well understood. In this study, we investigated...
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