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Initialization of epithelial cells by tumor cells in a metastatic microenvironment

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Fig. 1: CD90-positive stem-like cells in normal neighboring alveolar epithelial cells.
Fig. 2: Identified CD90-positive stem-like cells in normal neighboring alveolar epithelial cells.

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This study was supported in part by grants from the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology (nos. 24592510, 15K1079, and 19K09840), The Foundation of Osaka Cancer Research, The Ichiro Kanehara Foundation of the Promotion of Medical Science and Medical Care, The Foundation for the Promotion of Cancer Research, The Kanzawa Medical Research Foundation, and The Takeda Foundation for Medical Science.

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TH and KS performed most of the experiments and coordinated the project; KS performed cell sorting and the flow cytometric analysis by BD FACSAria™ III; TH performed xenograft studies for the micrometastasis model; TH, KS, and HA were involved in pathology assessments and the detection of CD90-positive stem-like cells; TH conceived the study and wrote the paper. NY and IK gave information on clinical medicine and oversaw the entire study.

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Hayashi, T., Sano, K., Aburatani, H. et al. Initialization of epithelial cells by tumor cells in a metastatic microenvironment. Oncogene 39, 2638–2640 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-020-1171-1

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