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SUBMITTER: Weng CH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7660656 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weng Chien-Hui CH Wu Chieh-Shan CS Wu Jian-Ching JC Kung Mei-Lang ML Wu Ming-Hsiu MH Tai Ming-Hong MH
International journal of molecular sciences 20201024 21
Melanoma is notoriously resistant to current cancer therapy. However, the chemoresistance mechanism of melanoma remains unclear. The present study unveiled that chemotherapy drug cisplatin induced the formation of giant cells, which exhibited enlargement in cell diameter and nucleus in mice and human melanoma cells. Giant cells were positive with melanoma maker S100 and cancer stem cell markers including ABCB5 and CD133 in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, giant cells retained the mitotic ability wit ...[more]