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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Tomohide Tsukahara
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-3826 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Emori Makoto M Tsukahara Tomohide T Murase Masaki M Kano Masanobu M Murata Kenji K Takahashi Akari A Kubo Terufumi T Asanuma Hiroko H Yasuda Kazuyo K Kochin Vitaly V Kaya Mitsunori M Nagoya Satoshi S Nishio Jun J Iwasaki Hiroshi H Sonoda Tomoko T Hasegawa Tadashi T Torigoe Toshihiko T Wada Takuro T Yamashita Toshihiko T Sato Noriyuki N
PloS one 20131220 12
Epithelioid sarcoma (ES) is a relatively rare, highly malignant soft tissue sarcoma. The mainstay of treatment is resection or amputation. Currently other therapeutic options available for this disease are limited. Therefore, a novel therapeutic option needs to be developed. In the present study, we established a new human ES cell line (ESX) and analyzed the characteristics of its cancer stem-like cells/cancer-initiating cells (CSCs/CICs) based on ALDH1 activity. We demonstrated that a subpopula ...[more]