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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Luigi Marchionni
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-16255 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 20090701 7
Highly tumorigenic cancer cell (HTC) populations have been identified for a variety of solid tumors and assigned stem cell properties. Strategies for identifying HTCs in solid tumors have been primarily empirical rather than rational, particularly in epithelial tumors, which are responsible for 80% of cancer deaths. We report evidence for a spatially restricted bladder epithelial (urothelial) differentiation program in primary urothelial cancers (UCs) and in UC xenografts. We identified a highly ...[more]