Abstract

High-resolution imaging techniques were used to analyze the relationship between a Wnt-responsive cancer stem cell (CSC)-enriched population and the tumor vasculature using p53-null mouse mammary tumors transduced with a Wnt signaling pathway reporter. The results demonstrate that the combined strategy of monitoring the fluorescently labeled CSCs and vasculature using high-resolution imaging techniques provides a unique opportunity to study the CSC microenvironment.

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Title
Wnt-Responsive Cancer Stem Cells Are Located Close to Distorted Blood Vessels and Not in Hypoxic Regions in a p53-Null Mouse Model of Human Breast Cancer
Author
Vadakkan, Tegy J 1 ; Landua, John D 2 ; Bu Wen 2 ; Wei, Wei 2 ; Li, Fuhai 3 ; Wong Stephen T.C. 4 ; Dickinson, Mary E 1 ; Rosen, Jeffrey M 5 ; Lewis, Michael T 2 ; Zhang, Mei 6 

 Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA 
 Lester & Sue Smith Breast Center, Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA 
 Department of Systems Medicine and Bioengineering, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, Texas, USA 
 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Department of Systems Medicine and Bioengineering, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, Texas, USA 
 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA 
 Department of Developmental Biology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Women's Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 
Pages
857-866
Section
Cancer Stem Cells
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Jul 2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISSN
21576564
e-ISSN
21576580
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2290592819
Copyright
© 2014. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.