Gastric tumour containing Lgr5-expressing stem-like cells (IMAGE)

Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Gastric tumour containing Lgr5-expressing stem-like cells

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An invasive gastric tumour containing Lgr5-expressing stem-like cells (green), some of which are actively proliferating (magenta). Elimination of these tumour-resident Lgr5-expressing populations greatly reduces tumour growth and spread in mice.

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Sowmya Sagiraju and Grace Lim, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), A*STAR

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