Comparison of hybrid clones derived from human breast epithelial cells and three different cancer cell lines regarding in vitro cancer stem/ initiating cell properties

Abstract Background Several physiological (fertilization, placentation, wound healing) and pathophysiological processes (infection with enveloped viruses, cancer) depend on cell fusion. In cancer it was postulated that the fusion of cancer cells with normal cells such as macrophages or stem cells ma...

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Main Authors: Sera Selina Fahlbusch, Silvia Keil, Jörg T. Epplen, Kurt S. Zänker, Thomas Dittmar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-06952-9