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Abstract
Spontaneous tumors often contain heterogeneous populations of tumor cells with different tumor-initiating potentials or cancer cell "stemness." Clonal heterogeneity can be traced to specific locations inside a tumor where clones with different metastatic capabilities are identified, suggesting that the tumor microenvironment can exert a significant effect on the evolution of different clonal populations. Hypoxia is a common feature of tumor microenvironments and has the potential to facilitate malignant progression. This chapter provides a synopsis of hypoxia-regulated pathways implicated in the maintenance of cancer stem cells.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24272353 PMCID: PMC4043215 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5915-6_2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol ISSN: 0065-2598 Impact factor: 2.622