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SUBMITTER: Odoux C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2562348 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cancer research 20080901 17
Human cancers have been found to include transformed stem cells that may drive cancer progression to metastasis. Here, we report that metastatic colon cancer contains clonally derived tumor cells with all of the critical properties expected of stem cells, including self-renewal and the ability to differentiate into mature colon cells. Additionally, when injected into mice, these cells initiated tumors that closely resemble human cancer. Karyotype analyses of parental and clonally derived tumor c ...[more]