Omega-3 Eicosapentaenoic Acid Decreases CD133 Colon Cancer Stem-Like Cell Marker Expression While Increasing Sensitivity to Chemotherapy

Flavia De Carlo; Theodore R. Witte; W. Elaine Hardman; Pier Paolo Claudio

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069760

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Omega-3 Eicosapentaenoic Acid Decreases CD133 Colon Cancer Stem-Like Cell Marker Expression While Increasing Sensitivity to Chemotherapy

Flavia De Carlo,

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, McKown Translational Genomic Research Institute, Joan Edwards School of Medicine Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
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Theodore R. Witte,

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, McKown Translational Genomic Research Institute, Joan Edwards School of Medicine Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
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W. Elaine Hardman,

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, McKown Translational Genomic Research Institute, Joan Edwards School of Medicine Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
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Pier Paolo Claudio

* E-mail: claudiop@marshall.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, McKown Translational Genomic Research Institute, Joan Edwards School of Medicine Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Joan Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
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Omega-3 Eicosapentaenoic Acid Decreases CD133 Colon Cancer Stem-Like Cell Marker Expression While Increasing Sensitivity to Chemotherapy

Flavia De Carlo,
Theodore R. Witte,
W. Elaine Hardman,
Pier Paolo Claudio

Published: July 16, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069760

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