Dynamic regulation of cancer stem cells and clinical challenges

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 253-258

  Ni, Chao ^a   Huang, Jian ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; Dedifferentiation; Epigenetics; Microenvironment; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

CD133 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; OXALIPLATIN; SCATTER FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB1;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; UPREGULATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS;

EID: 84876474733     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: 16993055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-012-0927-7     Document Type: Article

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