• Delivery of the Sox9 gene promotes chondrogenic differentiation of human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells in an in vitro model 

      Wang, Zhenghui; Li, Xiaoli; He, Xijing; Wu, Baojun; Xu, Min; Chang, Huimin; Zhang, Xianghong; Xing, Zhe; Jing, Xiaohong; Kong, Demin; Kou, Xiaohui; Yang, Y.Y. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04)
      SRY-related high-mobility-group box 9 (Sox9) gene is a cartilage-specific transcription factor that plays essential roles in chondrocyte differentiation and cartilage formation. The aim of this study was to investigate the ...
    • Rapid adherence to collagen IV enriches for tumour initiating cells in oral cancer. 

      Liang, Xiao; Osman, Tarig Al-Hadi; Sapkota, Dipak; Neppelberg, Evelyn; Lybak, Stein; Liavaag, Per Gunnar; Johannessen, Anne Christine; Jacobsen, Hege Karine; Enger, Per Øyvind; Costea, Daniela Elena; Wang, Jian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12)
      Background: Although several approaches for identification and isolation of carcinoma cells with tumour initiating properties have been established, enrichment of a population of pure and viable tumour-initiating cells ...