Pancreatic DCLK1 marks quiescent but oncogenic progenitors: a possible link to neuroendocrine tumors.

Stem Cell Investig

Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan;; Liver Cancer Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.

Published: September 2016

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