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Berberine inhibits the proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells by targeting pancreatic cancer stem cells through regulating EMT signaling pathway

MENGMENG LIU^1,#, YUE PAN^1,2,#, XUFENG TAO¹, WENLI KANG¹, YINGJIE LIU¹, YONGJIE YANG^3,4,*, GARY GUISHAN XIAO^1,*

1 State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116023, China
2 Ningbo Institute of Dalian University of Technology, Ningbo, 315000, China
3 Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
4 Henan Key Laboratory of Precision Clinical Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China

* Corresponding Authors: Yongjie Yang, ; Gary Guishan Xiao,
# These authors have contributed equally to this work and share first authorship