Tumor Initiating Cells in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinomas Express High Levels of CD44

• Jiang-Sha Zhao,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

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• Wen-Jie Li,

  Affiliation College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Di Ge,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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• Pei-Jing Zhang,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

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• Jing-Jing Li,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

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• Chun-Lai Lu,

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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• Xiao-Dan Ji,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

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• Dong-Xian Guan,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

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• Hong Gao,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

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• Li-Yan Xu,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Shantou University, Shantou, China

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• Eng-Ming Li,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Shantou University, Shantou, China

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• Harmik Soukiasian,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• H. Phillip Koeffler,

  Affiliation Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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• Xiao-Fan Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Dong Xie

  * E-mail: dxie@sibs.ac.cn

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

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