Ectopically Expressed Variant Form of Sperm Mitochondria-Associated Cysteine-Rich Protein Augments Tumorigenicity of the Stem Cell Population of Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells

Akari Takahashi; Yoshihiko Hirohashi; Toshihiko Torigoe; Yasuaki Tamura; Tomohide Tsukahara; Takayuki Kanaseki; Vitaly Kochin; Hiroshi Saijo; Terufumi Kubo; Munehide Nakatsugawa; Hiroko Asanuma; Tadashi Hasegawa; Toru Kondo; Noriyuki Sato

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069095

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Ectopically Expressed Variant Form of Sperm Mitochondria-Associated Cysteine-Rich Protein Augments Tumorigenicity of the Stem Cell Population of Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells

Akari Takahashi,

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan, Cancer Diagnosis Laboratory, Japan Science and Technology Agency Innovation Plaza Hokkaido, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Yoshihiko Hirohashi ,

* E-mail: hirohash@sapmed.ac.jp (YH); torigoe@sapmed.ac.jp (T. Torigoe)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Toshihiko Torigoe ,

* E-mail: hirohash@sapmed.ac.jp (YH); torigoe@sapmed.ac.jp (T. Torigoe)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Yasuaki Tamura,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Tomohide Tsukahara,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Takayuki Kanaseki,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Vitaly Kochin,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Hiroshi Saijo,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Terufumi Kubo,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Munehide Nakatsugawa,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Hiroko Asanuma,

Affiliation Department of Surgical Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Tadashi Hasegawa,

Affiliation Department of Surgical Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Toru Kondo,

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Noriyuki Sato

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Ectopically Expressed Variant Form of Sperm Mitochondria-Associated Cysteine-Rich Protein Augments Tumorigenicity of the Stem Cell Population of Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells

Akari Takahashi,
Yoshihiko Hirohashi,
Toshihiko Torigoe,
Yasuaki Tamura,
Tomohide Tsukahara,
Takayuki Kanaseki,
Vitaly Kochin,
Hiroshi Saijo,
Terufumi Kubo,
Munehide Nakatsugawa

Published: November 11, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069095

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