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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Wan-Jiun Chen
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-38678 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature communications 20140325
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a promising target for treating cancer, yet how CSC plasticity is maintained in vivo is unclear and is difficult to study in vitro. Here we establish a sustainable primary culture of Oct3/4(+)/Nanog(+) lung CSCs fed with CD90(+) cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) to further advance our knowledge of preserving stem cells in the tumour microenvironment. Using transcriptomics we identify the paracrine network by which CAFs enrich CSCs through de-differentiation and re ...[more]