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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2009; 15(18): 2258-2264
Published online May 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2258
Cancer stem cell markers CD133 and CD24 correlate with invasiveness and differentiation in colorectal adenocarcinoma
Dongho Choi, Hyo Won Lee, Kyung Yul Hur, Jae Joon Kim, Gyeong-Sin Park, Si-Hyong Jang, Young Soo Song, Ki-Seok Jang, Seung Sam Paik
Dongho Choi, Kyung Yul Hur, Jae Joon Kim, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, 140-743 Seoul, South Korea
Hyo Won Lee, Department of Surgery, Chi Hang Hospital, 140-741 Seoul, South Korea
Gyeong-Sin Park, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Catholic University, 137-040 Seoul, South Korea
Si-Hyong Jang, Young Soo Song, Ki-Seok Jang, Seung Sam Paik, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 133-790 Seoul, South Korea
Author contributions: Choi D and Lee HW contributed equally to this work; Choi D and Lee HW designed the study and wrote the manuscript; Hur KY and Kim JJ were involved in editing the manuscript; Park GS provided vital reagents; Jang SH and Jang KS provided all the human material, and performed the majority of the experiments and statistical analysis of the data; Song YS and Paik SS interpreted the immunohistochemical results.
Correspondence to: Seung Sam Paik, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea. sspaik@hanyang.ac.kr
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Received: January 17, 2009
Revised: February 7, 2009
Accepted: February 14, 2009
Published online: May 14, 2009
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