Human prostate side population cells demonstrate stem cell properties in recombination with urogenital sinus mesenchyme.

Stem cell enrichment provides a tool to examine prostate stem cells obtained from benign and malignant tissue. Functional assays can enrich stem cells based on common stem cell phenotypes, such as high ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter mediated efflux of Hoechst substrates (side population assa...

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Main Authors: Barbara A Foster, Kalyan J Gangavarapu, Grinu Mathew, Gissou Azabdaftari, Carl D Morrison, Austin Miller, Wendy J Huss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3561453?pdf=render