Fusion with mesenchymal stem cells differentially affects tumorigenic and metastatic abilities of lung cancer cells

Macrophage traits in cancer cells are induced by macrophage-cancer cell fusion and cannot be explained by cellular interaction

(2015) Ivan Shabo et al.   BMC CANCER

Cell fusion between gastric epithelial cells and mesenchymal stem cells results in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and malignant transformation

(2015) Xianghui He et al.   BMC CANCER

FOXF1 mediates mesenchymal stem cell fusion-induced reprogramming of lung cancer cells

(2015) Hong-Jian Wei et al.   Oncotarget

Fusion of HepG2 cells with mesenchymal stem cells increases cancer-associated and malignant properties: An in vivo metastasis model

(2014) HONG LI et al.   ONCOLOGY REPORTS

EMT and Acquisition of Stem Cell-Like Properties Are Involved in Spontaneous Formation of Tumorigenic Hybrids between Lung Cancer and Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

(2014) Mei-Hua Xu et al.   PLoS One

Tumor and Endothelial Cell Hybrids Participate in Glioblastoma Vasculature

(2014) Soufiane El Hallani et al.   Biomed Research International

Fusion of CCL21 Non-Migratory Active Breast Epithelial and Breast Cancer Cells Give Rise to CCL21 Migratory Active Tumor Hybrid Cell Lines

(2013) Benjamin Berndt et al.   PLoS One

Spontaneous Formation of Tumorigenic Hybrids between Breast Cancer and Multipotent Stromal Cells Is a Source of Tumor Heterogeneity

(2012) Germana Rappa et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Mesenchymal stem cells seldomly fuse with hepatocellular carcinoma cells and are mainly distributed in the tumor stroma in mouse models

(2012) GUO-CAI LI et al.   ONCOLOGY REPORTS

Tumor Associated Macrophage × Cancer Cell Hybrids May Acquire Cancer Stem Cell Properties in Breast Cancer

(2012) Jingxian Ding et al.   PLoS One

Fusion between Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Macrophages in a Cancer Context Results in Nuclear Reprogramming

(2011) Anne E. Powell et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Mesenchymal stem cells and glioma cells form a structural as well as a functional syncytium in vitro

(2011) Christian Schichor et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Characterization of hybrid cells derived from spontaneous fusion events between breast epithelial cells exhibiting stem-like characteristics and breast cancer cells

(2010) Thomas Dittmar et al.   CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL METASTASIS

Cell Fusion as a Hidden Force in Tumor Progression

(2009) X. Lu et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transitions in Development and Disease

(2009) Jean Paul Thiery et al.   CELL

The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Generates Cells with Properties of Stem Cells

(2008) Sendurai A. Mani et al.   CELL

CDK Inhibitors: Cell Cycle Regulators and Beyond

(2008) Arnaud Besson et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Cancer cell fusion with migratory bone marrow-derived cells as an explanation for metastasis: new therapeutic paradigms

(2008) John M Pawelek   Future Oncology