Autophagy maintains the stemness of ovarian cancer stem cells by FOXA2.

Abstract Background Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are regarded as the main cell type responsible for the initiation, metastasis, drug resistance, and recurrence of cancer. But the mechanism by which cancer stem cells maintain their stemness remains unclear. Methods and Results In the present study, ovari...

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Main Authors: Qiaohua Peng, Jiale Qin, Yanan Zhang, Xiaodong Cheng, Xinyu Wang, Weiguo Lu, Xing Xie, Songfa Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13046-017-0644-8