Expression profiling of CD133+ and CD133- epithelial cells from human prostate

Christopher J Shepherd, Siân Rizzo, Ioanna Ledaki, Melissa Davies, Daniel Brewer, Gerhardt Attard, Johann de Bono, David L Hudson

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Abstract

Recent evidence suggests that prostate stem cells in benign and tumor tissue express the cell surface marker CD133, but these cells have not been well characterized. The aim of our study was to gene expression profile CD133-expressing cells.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1007-24
Number of pages18
JournalThe Prostate
Volume68
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2008

Keywords

  • Antigens, CD
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Epithelial Cells
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Glycoproteins
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Peptides
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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