Experimental fusion using polyethylene glycol of gastric cancer cells with human umbilical cord MSCs results in hybrid cells exhibiting EMT, with downregulation of E-cadherin and upregulation of vimentin, N-cadherin, αSMA, and FAP, increased expression of stemness factors Oct4, Nanog, Sox2, lin-28 homolog A (Lin28), CD44 and CD133, enhanced migration and proliferation and growth of xenograft tumors in vivo [320]. This evidence concerns the gene LIN28A and gastric cancer.