Possible role of tumour stem-end cell cooperation in metastasis.
The explanation of some discrepancies in the current view on metastasis is proposed by the assumption that cooperation between clonogenic and differentiated cells is essential for the process.
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Department of Tumour Immunology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclow, Poland.
D002449:Cell Aggregation; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D010641:Phenotype