Daily Archives: May 8, 2015

Endoscopic Suturing for Ulcer Exclusion in Patients With Massively Bleeding Large Gastric Ulcer

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Philip Wai Yan Chiu, Francis Ka Leung Chan, James Yun Wong Lau

Bleeding peptic ulcer is one of the most important causes for hospitalization worldwide. Though endoscopic hemostasis is the current standard of treatment for bleeding peptic ulcers, ulcer rebleeding remained a chief cause of mortality.1 One of the imp… Continue reading →

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Maintenance of Clonogenic KIT Human Colon Tumor Cells Requires Secretion of Stem Cell Factor by Differentiated Tumor Cells

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Szabolcs Fatrai, Susanne J. van Schelven, Inge Ubink, Klaas M. Govaert, Danielle Raats, Jan Koster, Andre Verheem, Inne H.M. Borel Rinkes, Onno Kranenburg

Colon tumors contain a fraction of undifferentiated stem cell−like cancer cells with high tumorigenic potential. Little is known about the signals that maintain these stem-like cells. We investigated whether differentiated tumor cells provide support. Continue reading →

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