Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition by TGFβ-1 Induction Increases Stemness Characteristics in Primary Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Line

• Giuseppe Pirozzi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Giuseppe Pirozzi, Virginia Tirino

  * E-mail: pinopiro@tin.it

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy

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• Virginia Tirino ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Giuseppe Pirozzi, Virginia Tirino

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

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• Rosa Camerlingo,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy

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• Renato Franco,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy

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• Aantonello La Rocca,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy

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• Eleonora Liguori,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy

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• Nicola Martucci,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy

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• Francesca Paino,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

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• Nicola Normanno,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy

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• Gaetano Rocco

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy

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