학위논문 (석사)-- 서울대학교 대학원 : 의학과, 2014. 2. 강병철.Human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hATMSCs) have a great potential as therapy for various diseases and in regenerative medicine. However, emerging evidence suggests that human stem cells have both promoting and inhibitory effects on tumor growth. For the clinical use of hATMSCs as a novel cell therapy, it is important to determine in which tumor environments hATMSCs have tumor supporting effects or suppressing effects and to understand the underlying mechanisms. In this study, hATMSCs affected tumor growth differently depending on the types of tumor cell. Among several types of tumor cell lines, the hATMSCs particularly inhibited the growth of A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells, but pr...