Human Omental-Derived Adipose Stem Cells Increase Ovarian Cancer Proliferation, Migration, and Chemoresistance

Aleksandra Nowicka; Frank C. Marini; Travis N. Solley; Paula B. Elizondo; Yan Zhang; Hadley J. Sharp; Russell Broaddus; Mikhail Kolonin; Samuel C. Mok; Melissa S. Thompson; Wendy A. Woodward; Karen Lu; Bahar Salimian; Deepak Nagrath; Ann H. Klopp

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081859

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Human Omental-Derived Adipose Stem Cells Increase Ovarian Cancer Proliferation, Migration, and Chemoresistance

Aleksandra Nowicka,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Frank C. Marini,

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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Travis N. Solley,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Paula B. Elizondo,

Affiliation Asuragen Inc., Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Yan Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Hadley J. Sharp,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Russell Broaddus,

Affiliation Department of Pathology Administration, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Mikhail Kolonin,

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Samuel C. Mok,

Affiliation Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Melissa S. Thompson,

Affiliation Gulf Coast Consortia, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Wendy A. Woodward,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Karen Lu,

Affiliation Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Bahar Salimian,

Affiliation Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Deepak Nagrath,

Affiliation Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Ann H. Klopp

* E-mail: aklopp@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Human Omental-Derived Adipose Stem Cells Increase Ovarian Cancer Proliferation, Migration, and Chemoresistance

Aleksandra Nowicka,
Frank C. Marini,
Travis N. Solley,
Paula B. Elizondo,
Yan Zhang,
Hadley J. Sharp,
Russell Broaddus,
Mikhail Kolonin,
Samuel C. Mok,
Melissa S. Thompson

Published: December 2, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081859

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