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乳腺癌细胞早在胎儿细胞期就已“埋下伏笔”

1874年，意大利外科医生Francesco Durante用显微镜观察到恶性肿瘤细胞和癌症起源的胚胎细胞之间具有相似之处。一个多世纪后，Salk研究所的科学家们发现了这种相似之处的原因：人类基底细胞样乳腺癌细胞与胚胎乳腺干细胞具有相同的特征，后者是哺乳动物乳腺中所有细胞类型的祖细胞。 Pictured is mammary tissue of a developing mouse embryo at day 18, with cells that express both luminal protein (red) and basal protein (green). Cells in breast cancer often show this embryonic characteristic of expressing both proteins.Credit: Salk Institute 这一结论发表在2......阅读全文