Periostin Contributes to the Acquisition of Multipotent Stem Cell-Like Properties in Human Mammary Epithelial Cells and Breast Cancer Cells

Xiaowei Wang; Jia Liu; Zhe Wang; Yangmei Huang; Weiping Liu; Xiao Zhu; Yao Cai; Xiaoguang Fang; Shuyong Lin; Li Yuan; Gaoliang Ouyang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072962

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Periostin Contributes to the Acquisition of Multipotent Stem Cell-Like Properties in Human Mammary Epithelial Cells and Breast Cancer Cells

Xiaowei Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaowei Wang, Jia Liu, Zhe Wang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tumor Metastasis, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Jia Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaowei Wang, Jia Liu, Zhe Wang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tumor Metastasis, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Zhe Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaowei Wang, Jia Liu, Zhe Wang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tumor Metastasis, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Yangmei Huang,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tumor Metastasis, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Weiping Liu,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tumor Metastasis, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Xiao Zhu,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tumor Metastasis, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Yao Cai,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tumor Metastasis, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Xiaoguang Fang,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tumor Metastasis, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Shuyong Lin,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Li Yuan,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Gaoliang Ouyang

* E-mail: oygldz@xmu.edu.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tumor Metastasis, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Periostin Contributes to the Acquisition of Multipotent Stem Cell-Like Properties in Human Mammary Epithelial Cells and Breast Cancer Cells

Xiaowei Wang,
Jia Liu,
Zhe Wang,
Yangmei Huang,
Weiping Liu,
Xiao Zhu,
Yao Cai,
Xiaoguang Fang,
Shuyong Lin,
Li Yuan

Published: August 29, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072962

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