Cancer stem cell markers in selected childhood tumors of mesenchymal origin.

• Authors: VESELSKÁ Renata; HERMANOVÁ Markéta; ŠÁNA Jiří; LOJA Tomáš; CHLAPEK Petr; ZAMBO Iva; VESELÝ Karel; ZITTERBART Karel; ŠTĚRBA Jaroslav
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: International Journal of Mol. Medicine 24 (Sup. 1) - the 14th World Congress on Advances in Oncology and the 12th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine.
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Oncology and hematology
• Keywords: cancer stem cells; nestin; CD133; osteosarcoma; rhabdomyosarcoma
• Description: Expression of CD133 and nestin was examined in tumor tissue taken from patients with osteosarcoma or rhabdomyosarcoma. Co-expression of these markers was conformed also in cell lines derived from the respective tumors.

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