Current Strategies for Identification of Glioma Stem Cells: Adequate or Unsatisfactory?
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) were isolated in multiple tumor types, including human glioblastomas, and although the presence of surface markers selectively expressed on CSCs can be used to isolate them, no marker/pattern of markers are sufficiently robust to definitively identify stem cells in tumors. S...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Oncology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/376894 |