Evidence that aberrant expression of tissue transglutaminase promotes stem cell characteristics in mammary epithelial cells.

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) or tumor initiating cells (TICs) make up only a small fraction of total tumor cell population, but recent evidence suggests that they are responsible for tumor initiation and the maintenance of tumor growth. Whether CSCs/TICs originate from normal stem cells or result from t...

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Main Authors: Anupam Kumar, Hui Gao, Jia Xu, James Reuben, Dihua Yu, Kapil Mehta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3110765?pdf=render