Dynamics of Phenotypic Heterogeneity Associated with EMT and Stemness during Cancer Progression
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Dynamics of EMT
3. Hysteresis/Cellular Memory Effects during EMT Dynamics
4. Phenotypic Interconversions of Cancer Stem Cell Populations
5. Dynamic Equilibrium within Cancer Cell Populations
6. Non-Cell Autonomous Effects of the EMT Process and CSC Identity
7. Spatiotemporal Dynamics of EMT and CSCs
8. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleJolly, Mohit Kumar, and Toni Celià-Terrassa. 2019. "Dynamics of Phenotypic Heterogeneity Associated with EMT and Stemness during Cancer Progression" Journal of Clinical Medicine 8, no. 10: 1542. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8101542