Breast Cancer Research

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Dynamic regulation of CD24 and the invasive, CD44posCD24neg phenotype in breast cancer cell lines

Matthew J Meyer*, Jodie M Fleming, Mustapha A Ali, Mitchell W Pesesky, Erika Ginsburg and Barbara K Vonderhaar*

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Mammary Biology and Tumorigenesis Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 37 Convent Drive, Building 37, Room 1106, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4254, USA

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Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11:R82 doi:10.1186/bcr2449


See related editorial by Lewis, http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/12/1/101

Published: 11 November 2009

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Additional file 1:

A table containing realtime PCR primer sequences and conditions.

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Additional file 2:

A table containing GADPH Ct values for CD44posCD24neg and CD44posCD24pos cells.

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Additional data file 3:

A table containing the estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, HER2 amplification, and CD44/CD24 expression in 19 breast cancer cell lines.

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A table containing the CD44/CD24 expression profile of clones derived from a single CD44posCD24pos or CD44posCD24neg cell.

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A figure containing representative post sort analyses of sorted Ca1a, SUM 159 and MCF7 cells.

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A figure containing representative flow cytometric quantitation of vimentin expression by CD44posCD24pos and CD44posCD24neg Ca1a cells.

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