Modeling initiation of Ewing sarcoma in human neural crest cells.

Ewing sarcoma family tumors (ESFT) are aggressive bone and soft tissue tumors that express EWS-ETS fusion genes as driver mutations. Although the histogenesis of ESFT is controversial, mesenchymal (MSC) and/or neural crest (NCSC) stem cells have been implicated as cells of origin. For the current st...

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Main Authors: Cornelia von Levetzow, Xiaohua Jiang, Ynnez Gwye, Gregor von Levetzow, Long Hung, Aaron Cooper, Jessie Hao-Ru Hsu, Elizabeth R Lawlor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3084816?pdf=render