Are stem cell niches shared for skin cancers?

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Stem Cells and the Niche: A Dynamic Duo

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Human malignant melanoma harbours a large fraction of highly clonogenic cells that do not express markers associated with cancer stem cells

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PAX3 Expression in Normal Skin Melanocytes and Melanocytic Lesions (Naevi and Melanomas)

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Lgr6 Marks Stem Cells in the Hair Follicle That Generate All Cell Lineages of the Skin

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Three Roots of Melanoma

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Melanoma, Nevogenesis, and Stem Cell Biology

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Murine Neonatal Melanocytes Exhibit a Heightened Proliferative Response to Ultraviolet Radiation and Migrate to the Epidermal Basal Layer

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Cutaneous cancer stem cell maintenance is dependent on β-catenin signalling

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Identification of cells initiating human melanomas

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Efficient tumour formation by single human melanoma cells

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Hedgehog in Wnterland

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