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Human hepatic cancer stem cells are characterized by common stemness traits and diverse oncogenic pathways^†^‡

Jens U. Marquardt^1,§,
Chiara Raggi^1,§,
Jesper B. Andersen¹,
Daekwan Seo¹,
Itzhak Avital²,
David Geller³,
Yun-Han Lee¹,
Mitsuteru Kitade¹,
Agnes Holczbauer¹,
Matthew C. Gillen¹,
Elizabeth A. Conner¹,
Valentina M. Factor¹,
Snorri S. Thorgeirsson^1,¶,*

Article first published online: 27 JUL 2011

DOI: 10.1002/hep.24454

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Hepatology

Volume 54, Issue 3, pages 1031–1042, 2 September 2011

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Marquardt, J. U., Raggi, C., Andersen, J. B., Seo, D., Avital, I., Geller, D., Lee, Y.-H., Kitade, M., Holczbauer, A., Gillen, M. C., Conner, E. A., Factor, V. M. and Thorgeirsson, S. S. (2011), Human hepatic cancer stem cells are characterized by common stemness traits and diverse oncogenic pathways. Hepatology, 54: 1031–1042. doi: 10.1002/hep.24454

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¹
Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis and ²Surgery Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
²
The Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
³
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Liver Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

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These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Fax: 301-496-0734

Email: Snorri S. Thorgeirsson (snorri_thorgeirsson@nih.gov)

^*Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 37 Convent Drive, Room 4146A, Bethesda, MD

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Potential conflict of interest: Nothing to report
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Transcript profiling: GEO accession number. GSE24520.
^§
These authors contributed equally to this work.
^¶
Fax: 301-496-0734

Publication History

Issue published online: 25 AUG 2011
Article first published online: 27 JUL 2011
Accepted manuscript online: 26 MAY 2011 09:32AM EST
Manuscript Accepted: 15 MAY 2011
Manuscript Received: 6 DEC 2010

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