In previous reports, we have demonstrated that only direct cell-cell contact with stromal cells, such as the murine stromal cell line AFT024, was able to alter the cell division kinetics and self-renewing capacity of hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC). Because  1 -integrins were shown to be crucial for the interaction of HPC with the bone marrow microenvironment, we have studied the role of  1 -integrins in the regulation of self-renewing cell divisions. For this purpose, we used primary human mesenchymal stromal ( STEM CELLS 2007;25:798 -806
Basaloid carcinoma represents a rare variant of nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which has shown a poor prognosis in a number of studies. Although it is considered to derive from a pluri-or multipotent pulmonary stem cells, little is known about the expression and clinical significance of stem cell antigens in this variant.Stage-specific embryonic antigen-4 (SSEA-4) was analysed by immunohistochemistry in 38 patients with resected early-stage basaloid NSCLC who had a median follow-up of 72.9 months. The expression of SSEA-4 was related to clinico-pathological characteristics, to the expression of the adult stem cell antigens CD117, CD133 and breast cancer resistance protein 1 (BCRP1), and to prognosis.SSEA-4 was positive in 37% of the specimens and showed no association with clinicopathological characteristics or the expression of adult stem cell antigens. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis revealed a 6.0-fold increased risk of relapse (p50.001) and a 4.2-fold increased risk of disease-related mortality (p50.017) in SSEA-4-positive patients, while SSEA-4-negative patients showed a prognosis comparable with that of other early-stage NSCLC.SSEA-4 is expressed in a fraction of basaloid NSCLC and is associated with poor prognosis.
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