EpCAM-positive hepatocellular carcinoma cells are tumor-initiating cells with stem/progenitor cell features.

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Published in Gastroenterology on December 06, 2008

Authors

Taro Yamashita1, Junfang Ji, Anuradha Budhu, Marshonna Forgues, Wen Yang, Hong-Yang Wang, Huliang Jia, Qinghai Ye, Lun-Xiu Qin, Elaine Wauthier, Lola M Reid, Hiroshi Minato, Masao Honda, Shuichi Kaneko, Zhao-You Tang, Xin Wei Wang

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1: Liver Carcinogenesis Section, Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

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