Stemness of the hybrid Epithelial/Mesenchymal State in Breast Cancer and Its Association with Poor Survival.

Breast cancer stem cells (CSCs) are thought to drive recurrence and metastasis. Their identity has been linked to the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) but remains highly controversial since--depending on the cell-line studied--either epithelial (E) or mesenchymal (M) markers, alone or toge...

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Main Authors: Anne Grosse-Wilde, Aymeric Fouquier d'Hérouël, Ellie McIntosh, Gökhan Ertaylan, Alexander Skupin, Rolf E Kuestner, Antonio del Sol, Kathie-Anne Walters, Sui Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4447403?pdf=render