Cancer-associated fibroblasts in the single-cell era

Dor Lavie; Aviad Ben-Shmuel; Neta Erez; Ruth Scherz-Shouval

doi:10.1038/s43018-022-00411-z

journal article Jul 26, 2022

Cancer-associated fibroblasts in the single-cell era

Dor Lavie Aviad Ben-Shmuel

Neta Erez

Ruth Scherz-Shouval

Nature Cancer Vol. 3 No. 7 pp. 793-807 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Jul 26, 2022
Vol/Issue: 3(7)
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The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel.

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Dor Lavie, Aviad Ben-Shmuel, Neta Erez, et al. (2022). Cancer-associated fibroblasts in the single-cell era. Nature Cancer, 3(7), 793-807. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-022-00411-z

Cancer-associated fibroblasts in the single-cell era

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