A luminal epithelial stem cell that is a cell of origin for prostate cancer
Wang X;Kruithof-de Julio M;Economides KD;Walker D;Yu H;Halili MV;Hu YP;Price SM;Abate-Shen C;Shen MM;;
Nature2009Vol. 461pp. -
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x2009naturea
Abstract
In epithelial tissues, the lineage relationship between normal progenitor cells and cell type(s) of origin for cancer has been poorly understood. Here we show that a known regulator of prostate epithelial differentiation, the homeobox gene Nkx3-1, marks a stem cell population that functions during p …