Gene family turns cancer cells into aggressive stem cells that keep growing

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Journal Reference:

1. Linlin Luo, Peter Mcgarvey, Subha Madhavan, Rakesh Kumar, Yuriy Gusev, Geeta Upadhyay. Distinct lymphocyte antigens 6 (Ly6) family members Ly6D, Ly6E, Ly6K and Ly6H drive tumorigenesis and clinical outcome. Oncotarget, 2016 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.7163