Chronic TGF-? exposure drives stabilized EMT, tumor stemness, and cancer drug resistance with vulnerability to bitopic mTOR inhibition.
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SUBMITTER: Katsuno Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6746178 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
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