Identification and expansion of human colon-cancer-initiating cells

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7123, 2007, Pages 111-115

  Ricci Vitiani, Lucia ^a   Lombardi, Dario G ^b   Pilozzi, Emanuela ^c   Biffoni, Mauro ^a   Todaro, Matilde ^d   Peschle, Cesare ^a   De Maria, Ruggero ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Mediterranean Institute of Oncology   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD133 ANTIGEN;

CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMMUNOASSAY; TRANSPLANTATION; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGRAFTMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, SCID; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

EID: 33846095137     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05384     Document Type: Article

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