Krüppel-like factor 4 acts as an oncogene in colon cancer stem cell-enriched spheroid cells.

Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a rare population in any type of cancers, including colon cancer, are tumorigenic. It has been thought that CSCs are responsible for cancer recurrence, metastasis, and drug resistance. Isolating CSCs in colon cancers is challenging, and thus the molecular mechanism regulati...

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Main Authors: Zhengwei Leng, Kaixiong Tao, Qinghua Xia, Jun Tan, Zhongyi Yue, Jinhuang Chen, Hailin Xi, Jie Li, Hai Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3572033?pdf=render