Doublecortin-like kinase 1 is elevated serologically in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and widely expressed on circulating tumor cells.

Doublecortin-like kinase 1 (DCLK1) is a putative pancreatic stem cell marker and is upregulated in pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, and many other solid tumors. It marks tumor stem cells in mouse models of intestinal neoplasia. Here we sought to determine whether DCLK1 protein can be detected i...

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Main Authors: Dongfeng Qu, Jeremy Johnson, Parthasarathy Chandrakesan, Nathaniel Weygant, Randal May, Nicole Aiello, Andrew Rhim, Lichao Zhao, Wei Zheng, Stanley Lightfoot, Shubham Pant, Jeremy Irvan, Russell Postier, James Hocker, Jay S Hanas, Naushad Ali, Sripathi M Sureban, Guangyu An, Michael J Schlosser, Ben Stanger, Courtney W Houchen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118933