Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induce Collagen Production and Tongue Cancer Invasion

• Sirpa Salo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sirpa Salo, Carolina Bitu

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Carolina Bitu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sirpa Salo, Carolina Bitu

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Kalle Merkku,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Pia Nyberg,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Ibrahim O. Bello,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, King Saud University, College of Dentistry, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Jussi Vuoristo,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Meeri Sutinen,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Hannu Vähänikkilä,

  Affiliation Department of Pedodontics, Cardiology and Endodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Daniela E. Costea,

  Affiliation Section for Pathology, the Gade Institute University of Bergen Haukeland Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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• Joonas Kauppila,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Department of Surgery, University of Oulu, , and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

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• Petri Lehenkari,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Dan Dayan,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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• Marilena Vered,

  Affiliations Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, Institute of Pathology, the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

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• Juha Risteli,

  Affiliation Institute of Diagnostics, Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Oulu, and NordLab, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

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• Tuula Salo

  * E-mail: tuula.salo@oulu.fi

  Affiliations Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland, Medical Research Center, Oulu, Finland

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