LGR5 expression and clinicopathological features of the invasive front in the fat infiltration area of pancreatic cancer

• Main Authors: Masato Kamakura (Author), Takeshi Uehara (Author), Mai Iwaya (Author), Shiho Asaka (Author), Shota Kobayashi (Author), Tomoyuki Nakajima (Author), Yasuhiro Kinugawa (Author), Tadanobu Nagaya (Author), Takahiro Yoshizawa (Author), Akira Shimizu (Author), Hiroyoshi Ota (Author), Takeji Umemura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein-coupled receptor 5 (LGR5) is a strong cancer stem cell marker in colorectal cancer; however, there are many unclear aspects of LGR5 expression in pancreatic cancer. It has been reported that the interaction between tumor cells and stroma a...