Every single cell clones from cancer cell lines growing tumors in vivo may not invalidate the cancer stem cell concept

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-492

  Li, Fengzhi ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allografting; Cancer cell line; Cancer stem cell; Single cell clone; Tumorigenic

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL CLONE; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS;

MURINAE;

EID: 65149091024     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-009-0056-5     Document Type: Article

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