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. 2021 Mar 23;21(5):413. doi: 10.3892/ol.2021.12674

Table I.

Origins of CAFs.

First author, year Origin of CAFs Cancer type (Refs.)
Foster et al, 2018; Resident tissue fibroblasts Breast cancer (22,23)
Kojima et al, 2010
Borriello et al, 2017 Marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells Neuroblastoma (26)
Koliaraki et al, 2017 Marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells Colon cancer (27)
Zeisberg et al, 2007 Endothelial cells Pancreatic cancer (29)
Nair et al, 2017 Cancer stem cells Breast cancer (28)
McDonald et al, 2015 Hematopoietic stem cells Breast cancer (31)
An et al, 2020 Vascular smooth muscle cells Breast cancer (25)
An et al, 2020 Pericytes Breast cancer (25)

CAFs, cancer-associated fibroblasts.