Chronic Exposure to Combined Carcinogens Enhances Breast Cell Carcinogenesis with Mesenchymal and Stem-Like Cell Properties

Lenora Ann Pluchino; Hwa-Chain Robert Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108698

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Chronic Exposure to Combined Carcinogens Enhances Breast Cell Carcinogenesis with Mesenchymal and Stem-Like Cell Properties

Lenora Ann Pluchino,

Affiliations Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Hwa-Chain Robert Wang

* E-mail: hcrwang@utk.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Chronic Exposure to Combined Carcinogens Enhances Breast Cell Carcinogenesis with Mesenchymal and Stem-Like Cell Properties

Lenora Ann Pluchino,
Hwa-Chain Robert Wang

Published: November 5, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108698

About the Authors

Lenora Ann Pluchino

Affiliations Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Hwa-Chain Robert Wang

* E-mail: hcrwang@utk.edu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LP HCRW. Performed the experiments: LP HCRW. Analyzed the data: LP HCRW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LP HCRW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LP HCRW.

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