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Late-stage dedifferentiation and epigenetic memory of cancer stem cells in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Journal of translational medicine - 23 Jun 2026
Hu Yi-Kai, Tan Kun-Jiang, Feng Na, Li Jing, Chen Lu, Lin Yu-Xuan, Wang Hong-Yang, He Yu-Fei
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BACKGROUND: Cancer stem cells (CSCs) drive recurrence and drug resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but their origin remains controversial: are they tumour-initiating cells or late-stage dedifferentiation products? Direct human single-cell evidence linking bipotent progenitors (BPs) and CSCs has been lacking. METHODS: We integrated single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data from 109 samples (44...
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