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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2009; 15(18): 2258-2264
Published online May 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2258
Published online May 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2258
Cancer stem cell markers CD133 and CD24 correlate with invasiveness and differentiation in colorectal adenocarcinoma
Dongho Choi, Kyung Yul Hur, Jae Joon Kim, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, 140-743 Seoul, South Korea
Hyo Won Lee, Department of Surgery, Chi Hang Hospital, 140-741 Seoul, South Korea
Gyeong-Sin Park, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Catholic University, 137-040 Seoul, South Korea
Si-Hyong Jang, Young Soo Song, Ki-Seok Jang, Seung Sam Paik, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 133-790 Seoul, South Korea
Author contributions: Choi D and Lee HW contributed equally to this work; Choi D and Lee HW designed the study and wrote the manuscript; Hur KY and Kim JJ were involved in editing the manuscript; Park GS provided vital reagents; Jang SH and Jang KS provided all the human material, and performed the majority of the experiments and statistical analysis of the data; Song YS and Paik SS interpreted the immunohistochemical results.
Correspondence to: Seung Sam Paik, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea. sspaik@hanyang.ac.kr
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Received: January 17, 2009
Revised: February 7, 2009
Accepted: February 14, 2009
Published online: May 14, 2009
Revised: February 7, 2009
Accepted: February 14, 2009
Published online: May 14, 2009
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