La plasticidad persistente del linaje impulsa el desarrollo y la progresión del cáncer de pulmón

Fanchen Meng1, Jianyu Li1, Zhijun Xia1

  • 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Innovative Cancer Diagnosis & Therapeutics, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, Nanjing, China.

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Resumen

Las células de cáncer de pulmón pueden cambiar su identidad, un proceso llamado plasticidad de linaje, que impulsa la progresión del tumor y la resistencia al tratamiento. Comprender esta plasticidad ofrece nuevos objetivos para tratamientos efectivos del cáncer de pulmón.

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