A novel zebrafish xenotransplantation model for study of glioma stem cell invasion.

Invasion and metastasis of solid tumors are the major causes of death in cancer patients. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) constitute a small fraction of tumor cell population, but play a critical role in tumor invasion and metastasis. The xenograft of tumor cells in immunodeficient mice is one of commonly...

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Main Authors: Xiao-Jun Yang, Wei Cui, Ai Gu, Chuan Xu, Shi-Cang Yu, Ting-Ting Li, You-Hong Cui, Xia Zhang, Xiu-Wu Bian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3628966?pdf=render