Table 2 Tumor-initiating capacity of HTBoA cells in the presence or absence of fibroblasts

From: Fibroblasts induce expression of FGF4 in ovarian cancer stem-like cells/cancer-initiating cells and upregulate their tumor initiation capacity

Cells

Number of mice with tumor formationa/Total number of mice

Fibroblast-mixed ALDH1high cells

5/5

ALDH1high cells

3/5

Fibroblast-mixed ALDH1low cells

0/5

ALDH1low cells

0/5

Fibroblasts

0/5

  1. 104 tumor cells were inoculated with or without a mixture of 104 fibroblasts.
  2. Tumor formation was evaluated at day 70 post inoculation.
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