The Microenvironment-Specific Transformation of Adult Stem Cells Models Malignant Triton Tumors

Mitra Lavasani; Jonathan B. Pollett; Arvydas Usas; Seth D. Thompson; Aaron F. Pollett; Johnny Huard

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082173

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The Microenvironment-Specific Transformation of Adult Stem Cells Models Malignant Triton Tumors

Mitra Lavasani ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mitra Lavasani, Jonathan B. Pollett

* E-mail: jhuard@pitt.edu (JH); mil39@pitt.edu (ML)

Affiliations Stem Cell Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Jonathan B. Pollett ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mitra Lavasani, Jonathan B. Pollett

Affiliations Stem Cell Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Arvydas Usas,

Affiliations Stem Cell Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Seth D. Thompson,

Affiliations Stem Cell Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Aaron F. Pollett,

Affiliations Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Johnny Huard

* E-mail: jhuard@pitt.edu (JH); mil39@pitt.edu (ML)

Affiliations Stem Cell Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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The Microenvironment-Specific Transformation of Adult Stem Cells Models Malignant Triton Tumors

Mitra Lavasani,
Jonathan B. Pollett,
Arvydas Usas,
Seth D. Thompson,
Aaron F. Pollett,
Johnny Huard

Published: December 9, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082173

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