Differentiation generates paracrine cell pairs that maintain basaloid mouse mammary tumors: proof of concept.

There is a paradox offered up by the cancer stem cell hypothesis. How are the mixed populations that are characteristic of heterogeneous solid tumors maintained at constant proportion, given their high, and different, mitotic indices? In this study, we evaluate a well-characterized mouse model of hu...

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Main Authors: Soyoung Kim, Shruti Goel, Caroline M Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3082567?pdf=render