DLL4 blockade inhibits tumor growth and reduces tumor-initiating cell frequency.

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Published in Cell Stem Cell on August 07, 2009

Authors

Timothy Hoey1, Wan-Ching Yen, Fumiko Axelrod, Jesspreet Basi, Lucas Donigian, Scott Dylla, Maureen Fitch-Bruhns, Sasha Lazetic, In-Kyung Park, Aaron Sato, Sanjeev Satyal, Xinhao Wang, Michael F Clarke, John Lewicki, Austin Gurney

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1: OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc., Redwood City, CA 94063, USA. timothy.hoey@oncomed.com

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