Transcriptional profiling of single tumour cells from pleural effusions reveals heterogeneity of epithelial to mesenchymal transition and extra-cellular matrix marker expression

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
• ² Life Science Innovation, BD Technologies and Innovations, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
• ³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
• ⁴ BD Biosciences, San Jose, California, USA.
• ⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Thoracic Oncology Group, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.