Article
Reprogramming strategies for the establishment of novel human cancer models.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) - 16 Sept 2016
Sancho-Martinez Ignacio, Izpisua Belmonte Juan Carlos
Abstract excerpt
Cancer comprises heterogeneous cells, ranging from highly proliferative immature precursors to more differentiated cell lineages. The emergence of the "cancer stem cell" (CSC) hypothesis that they are the cells responsible for resistance, metastasis and secondary tumor appearance identifies these populations as novel obligatory targets for the treatment of cancer. CSCs, like their normal tissue-specific stem cell...
Topics
- Animals
- Carcinogenesis
- Cellular Reprogramming
- Humans
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Neoplasms
- Neoplastic Stem Cells
