Morphological and molecular characteristics of spheroid formation in HT-29 and Caco-2 colorectal cancer cell lines

Abstract Background Relapse and metastasis in colorectal cancer (CRC) are often attributed to cancer stem-like cells (CSCs), as small sub-population of tumor cells with ability of drug resistance. Accordingly, development of appropriate models to investigate CSCs biology and establishment of effecti...

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Main Authors: Elmira Gheytanchi, Marzieh Naseri, Feridoun Karimi-Busheri, Fatemeh Atyabi, Ensie Sadat Mirsharif, Mahmood Bozorgmehr, Roya Ghods, Zahra Madjd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Cancer Cell International
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-021-01898-9