MicroRNAs in colorectal cancer stem cells: new regulators of cancer stemness?

Recently, the hypothesis that colorectal tumors originate from a subpopulation of cells called ‘cancer stem cells' (CSCs) or tumor-initiating cells, which exhibit stem-like features, has been confirmed experimentally in various human cancers. Several studies have confirmed the existence of colo...

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Main Authors: Caruso, S, Bazan, V, Rolfo, C, Insalaco, L, Fanale, D, Bronte, G, Corsini, L R, Rizzo, S, Cicero, G, Russo, A
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3511678/