Apoptosis-induced cancer cell fusion: a mechanism of breast cancer metastasis

Cell fusion in the brain: two cells forward, one cell back

(2014) Kevin Kemp et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Virus and Cell Fusion Mechanisms

(2014) Benjamin Podbilewicz   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Intermittent hypoxia stimulates formation of binuclear neurons in brain cortex—A role of cell fusion in neuroprotection?

(2014) Alexander A Paltsyn et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

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

Fusion-Derived Epithelial Cancer Cells Express Hematopoietic Markers and Contribute to Stem Cell and Migratory Phenotype in Ovarian Carcinoma

(2013) M. Ramakrishnan et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Phosphatidylserine receptor BAI1 and apoptotic cells as new promoters of myoblast fusion

(2013) Amelia E. Hochreiter-Hufford et al.   NATURE

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

A Melanoma Brain Metastasis with a Donor-Patient Hybrid Genome following Bone Marrow Transplantation: First Evidence for Fusion in Human Cancer

(2013) Rossitza Lazova et al.   PLoS One

Genetic basis of cell–cell fusion mechanisms

(2013) Pablo S. Aguilar et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

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 in mammary adipose tissue stimulate progression of breast cancer resembling the basal-type

(2012) Min Zhao et al.   CANCER BIOLOGY & THERAPY

Hybrid cells derived from breast epithelial cell/breast cancer cell fusion events show a differential RAF-AKT crosstalk

(2012) Cem Özel et al.   Cell Communication and Signaling

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Breast Cancer Stem Cells Are Regulated by Mesenchymal Stem Cells through Cytokine Networks

(2011) Suling Liu et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

CD9 tetraspanin generates fusion competent sites on the egg membrane for mammalian fertilization

(2011) A. Jegou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

p-Glycoprotein ABCB5 and YB-1 expression plays a role in increased heterogeneity of breast cancer cells: correlations with cell fusion and doxorubicin resistance

(2010) Ji Yeon Yang et al.   BMC CANCER

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

Efficient acquisition of dual metastasis organotropism to bone and lung through stable spontaneous fusion between MDA-MB-231 variants

(2009) X. Lu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Myoblasts and macrophages share molecular components that contribute to cell–cell fusion

(2008) Kostandin V. Pajcini et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY