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The expression of p16, epidermal growth factor receptor and CD44 in squamous cell carcinoma uterine cervix

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in females in the world, mainly caused by persistent human papilloma virus (HPV) infection. Early diagnosis is important to reduce mortality.
Kanika Gupta, Shramana Mandal, Meeta Singh, Y. M. Mala   +3 more
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Comparison of E- cadherin and CD44 Marker Expression in Oral Lichen Planus, Oral Leukoplakia, and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Īlām, 2022
Introduction: The role of E-cadherin and CD44 has been proven in the development and progression of cancerous and precancerous lesions. It seems that these two markers have a high ability to evaluate the premalignancy of lichen planus lesions and oral ...
Khadijeh Abdal, Samira Mostafazede, Nastaran Ghorbani, Mohammadreza Hafeziahmadi   +3 more
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A perspective on challenges and opportunities in characterizing oral cancer stem cells

Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2020
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) or tumor-initiating cells (TICs) represent a minority population of cells in a tumor that can self-renew and re-create the heterogeneity of the entire tumor. Cell lines, patient-derived tumor cells, and patient-derived xenografts
Subhashini Sadasivam, Ramaswamy Subramanian   +1 more
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CD44 and Its Role in Solid Cancers – A Review: From Tumor Progression to Prognosis and Targeted Therapy

Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark
Cluster of differentiation 44 (CD44) is a transmembrane protein expressed in normal cells but overexpressed in several types of cancer. CD44 plays a major role in tumor progression, both locally and systemically, by direct interaction with the ...
João Martins Gama, Rui Caetano Oliveira
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Cactus cladodes (Opuntia humifusa) extract minimizes the effects of UV irradiation on keratinocytes and hairless mice

Pharmaceutical Biology, 2017
Context: Cactus cladodes [Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf. (Cactaceae)] is one of the cactus genera, which has long been used as a folk medicine for skin disorders.
Kyungmi Park, Hyeon-Son Choi, Yang Hee Hong, Eun Young Jung, Hyung Joo Suh   +4 more
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Targeted inhibition of human hematological cancers in vivo by doxorubicin encapsulated in smart lipoic acid-crosslinked hyaluronic acid nanoparticles

Drug Delivery, 2017
The chemotherapy of hematological cancers is challenged by its poor selectivity that leads to low therapeutic efficacy and pronounced adverse effects. Here, we report that doxorubicin encapsulated in lipoic acid-crosslinked hyaluronic acid nanoparticles (
Yinan Zhong, Fenghua Meng, Chao Deng, Xinliang Mao, Zhiyuan Zhong   +4 more
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Stem cell-like circulating tumor cells indicate poor prognosis in gastric cancer

Archives of Medical Science, 2020
Introduction Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have the characteristics of cancer stem cells and play an important role in the recurrence and metastasis of tumors.
Wang Yi-Wen, Li Long-Long, Lu Ming, Li Hao, Hu Kong-Wang   +4 more
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CD44 Expression in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and its Correlation with Prognostic Factors [PDF]

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background and purpose: Identifying the prognostic factors of malignancies is of particular importance in therapeutic decisions and identification of high-risk patients.
Fatemeh Baghertash, Mohammadreza Jalali Nadoushan   +1 more
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Human breast milk stem cells: a new challenge for perinatologists

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2016
The lactating mammary gland contains a stem cells population with multilineage potentialities. Recently it was also shown that breast milk contains a heterogeneous population of stem cells that have the potential to differentiate in vitro, under the ...
Giuseppina Pichiri, Daniele Lanzano, Monica Piras, Angelica Dessì, Alessandra Reali, Melania Puddu, Antonio Noto, Vassilios Fanos, Carlo Coni, Gavino Faa, Pierpaolo Coni   +10 more
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The Association Between Inflammation, Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Stemness in Colorectal Carcinoma

Journal of Inflammation Research, 2020
Inese Briede,1 Ilze Strumfa,1 Andrejs Vanags,2 Janis Gardovskis2 1Department of Pathology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia; 2Department of Surgery, Riga Stradins University, Riga, LatviaCorrespondence: Inese BriedeDepartment of Pathology, Riga ...
Briede I, Strumfa I, Vanags A, Gardovskis J   +3 more
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