Investigating microenvironmental regulation of human chordoma cell behaviour.

The tumour microenvironment is complex and composed of many different constituents, including matricellular proteins such as connective tissue growth factor (CCN2), and is characterized by gradients in oxygen levels. In various cancers, hypoxia and CCN2 promote stem and progenitor cell properties, a...

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Main Authors: Priya Patel, Courtney Brooks, Ayesh Seneviratne, David A Hess, Cheryle A Séguin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4277432?pdf=render