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Adult stem cell reprogramming. Tissue adult stem cells are usually unipotent; however, under microenvironment-induced transformation, the activation of pluripotency-related signaling pathways like Wnt and transcription factors (TFs), such as Oct4, lead to their reprogramming into a pluripotent state The newly formed cells go through genetic and epigenetic alterations that favor cancer stem cell (CSC) formation
