The Mesenchymal-Like Phenotype of the MDA-MB-231 Cell Line

Abstract

Mesenchymal stem cells {(MSCs)} are progenitor cells that can be isolated from all connective tissues such as bone, adipose, cartilage, blood and muscle {(Wang} et al., 2009). {MSCs} have recently been described to localise within breast carcinomas where the stem cells integrate into tumour-associated stromal tissues whereby the {MSCs} promote breast cancer cell invasion and metastasis {(Karnoub} et al., 2007). Previous studies have demonstrated that ...