Chronic exposure to FGF2 converts iPSCs into cancer stem cells with an enhanced integrin/focal adhesion/PI3K/AKT axis
Mona Sheta, Ghmkin Hassan, Said M. Afify, Sadia Monzur, Kazuki Kumon, Hagar A. Abu Quora, Mahmoud Farahat, Maram H. Zahra, Xiaoying Fu, Akimasa Seno, Masaharu Seno
Topics & Concepts
Cancer stem cellStem cellInduced pluripotent stem cellCancer researchBiologyAutocrine signallingFocal adhesionHomeobox protein NANOGFibroblast growth factorCancer cellCell biologyPI3K/AKT/mTOR pathwayCancerCell cultureEmbryonic stem cellSignal transductionReceptorGeneGeneticsCancer Cells and MetastasisEpigenetics and DNA MethylationFibroblast Growth Factor Research