Cancer spheres from gastric cancer patients provide an ideal model system for cancer stem cell research

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3589-3605

  Han, Myoung Eun ^a,b   Jeon, Tae Yong ^a   Hwang, Sun Hwi ^a   Lee, Young Suk ^a   Kim, Hyun Jung ^a,b   Shim, Hye Eun ^a,b   Yoon, Sik ^a   Baek, Sun Yong ^a   Kim, Bong Seon ^a   Kang, Chi Dug ^a   Oh, Sae Ock ^a,b  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer sphere; Cancer stem cells; CD44; EpCAM; Gastric cancer

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FLUOROURACIL; HERMES ANTIGEN; PACLITAXEL; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER SPHERE; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SERUM; STOMACH CANCER; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

MUS;

EID: 80054772926     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0672-z     Document Type: Article

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