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Abstract
An impediment to the understanding of cancer is the heterogeneous nature of cell populations within a tumor microenvironment. We reported a method to query protein signaling in single epithelial cells from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) colorectal cancer tissues. Here, we discuss the feasibility and limitations of this approach for investigating signaling state heterogeneity.Entities:
Keywords: Colorectal cancer; FFPE; disaggregation; epithelial cells; mass cytometry; signal transduction; single cell; solid tissues; systems biology; tumor heterogeneity
Year: 2016 PMID: 28197533 PMCID: PMC5286981 DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2016.1260191
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Oncol ISSN: 2372-3556