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human stem/progenitor thyroid cells (thyrospheres) exposed to the soluble salt sodium tungstate at concentrations in the range of the tungsten levels measured in the urine of residents in the Sicilian volcanic area (nanomolar range, much lower than that
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(1041 bp)-driven luciferase reporter has been recently reported ( Lu et al. 2021 ). Thyrosphere culture SW1736 cells seeded in a six-well plate were incubated in the absence or presence of PLX4032 (2 μM), lapatinib (2 μM), or MK-2206 (10 μM
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cancer, IR-A overexpression and autocrine IGF-2 levels were strongly associated with tumor aggressiveness, loss of differentiation ( Vella et al. 2002 ) and with stem-like phenotype and self-renewal when cancer cells were cultured as thyrospheres
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non-adherent spheres (thyrospheres). In human thyrospheres, we found that IR and IGF1R were markedly overexpressed and with a higher IR:IGF1R ratio compared with primary cultures. The IR:IGF1R ratio was also higher in cancer than in normal thyrospheres
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progenitor cells were able to survive in suspension and produce spherical colonies (thyrospheres) composed of both stem and progenitor cells. Thyrospheres from normal tissue could be induced to differentiate by insulin and insulin-like growth factor
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response to intense stimulation with growth factors results in the outgrowth of thyroid stem and progenitor cells as spheroids, designated thyrospheres, in vitro ( Lan et al . 2007 , Fierabracci et al . 2008 , Zheng et al . 2010 ). Very recently, it
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