Fol. Biol. 2014, 60, 205-212

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2014060050205

Towards Dissecting Molecular Routes of Intercellular Communication in the Tumour Microenvironment: Phenotypic Plasticity of Stem Cell-Associated Markers in Co-culture (Carcinoma Cell/Fibroblast) Systems

Z. Fík1,2, B. Dvořánková2, O. Kodet2,3, J. Bouček1,4, J. A. Betka1,4, J. Betka1, S. André5, H.-J. Gabius5, P. Šnajdr2, K. Smetana, Jr.2, Martin Chovanec1,2

1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, First Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
2Institute of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
3Department of Dermatology and Venereology, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
4Department of Immunology and Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v. v. i., Prague, Czech Republic
5Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Received September 2013
Accepted January 2014

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