Cancer cells same as zombies reprogram normal cells via the secreted microenvironment

• Shadi Rabiee,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Biology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

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• Elham Hoveizi,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran, Stem Cells and Transgenic Technology Research Center (STTRC), Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

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• Mahmood Barati,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Ali Salehzadeh,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

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• Mohammad Taghi Joghataei,

  Roles Investigation, Software

  Affiliations Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Shima Tavakol

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shima.tavakol@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8531-7650

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