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SUBMITTER: Wang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3230314 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Lin L Park Paul P Zhang Huina H La Marca Frank F Claeson Amy A Valdivia Juan J Lin Chia-Ying CY
Cancer biology & therapy 20110301 5
Previously, based on high ALDH activity, we showed that cancer stem cells (CSCs) could be identified as ALDH(br) cells from an aggressive human osteosarcoma OS99-1 cell line. In this study, we evaluate the impact of BMP-2 on CSCs.Three types of BMP receptors were expressed in freshly sorted ALDH(br) cells. In vitro, growth of the sorted ALDH(br) cells was inhibited by BMP-2. Using RT-PCR analysis, BMP-2 was found to down-regulate the expression of embryonic stem cell markers Oct3/4, Nanog, and S ...[more]