Gene profile analysis of sorted Sca1+/cKit- BMCs obtained from young and aged mice bearing tumor or not

Sca1+/cKit– hematopoietic BMCs of hosts bearing primary tumors promote the growth of distant tumors that form with a myofibroblast-rich, desmoplastic stroma. BMCs from old mice bearing primary tumors lack this ability Sca1+/cKit- BMCs were isolated from young and old mice bearing Matrigel control or size-matched primary tumors by FACS directly into RLT Plus Buffer (Qiagen Rneasy Plus Micro Kit)