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Cells > Cells, Cultured > Tumor Cells, Cultured > Embryonal Carcinoma Stem Cells
Cells > Stem Cells > Pluripotent Stem Cells > Embryonic Stem Cells > Embryonal Carcinoma Stem Cells
Cells > Stem Cells > Neoplastic Stem Cells > Embryonal Carcinoma Stem Cells

Preferred term

Embryonal Carcinoma Stem Cells  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Carcinoma Cell, Embryonal
  • Carcinoma Cells, Embryonal
  • Cell, Embryonal Carcinoma
  • Cells, Embryonal Carcinoma
  • Cells, Teratocarcinoma Stem
  • Cell, Teratocarcinoma Stem
  • Embryonal Carcinoma Cell
  • Embryonal Carcinoma Cells
  • Stem Cells, Teratocarcinoma
  • Stem Cell, Teratocarcinoma
  • Teratocarcinoma Stem Cell
  • Teratocarcinoma Stem Cells

Scope note

  • The malignant stem cells of TERATOCARCINOMAS, which resemble pluripotent stem cells of the BLASTOCYST INNER CELL MASS. The EC cells can be grown in vitro, and experimentally induced to differentiate. They are used as a model system for studying early embryonic cell differentiation.

History note

  • 2008; use TUMOR STEM CELLS 1986-2007

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054278

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