Long-term sphere culture cannot maintain a high ratio of cancer stem cells: a mathematical model and experiment.

Acquiring abundant and high-purity cancer stem cells (CSCs) is an important prerequisite for CSC research. At present, researchers usually gain high-purity CSCs through flow cytometry sorting and expand them by short-term sphere culture. However, it is still uncertain whether we can amplify high-pur...

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Main Authors: Tang Peng, Ma Qinghua, Tang Zhenning, Wang Kaifa, Jiang Jun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3217918?pdf=render