Abstract
Cancer stem cells originate from normal cells and gain proliferation to grow clonally into metastatic tumors. They stay hidden as seeds, hence their identification and prognosis are necessary for eradication of cancer from root level. Different models are put forth to prove cancer stem cells subsistence via cancer epidemiology, carcinogenesis, biochemistry and molecular biology. This review provides an update on fundamental role of cancer stem cells in cancer progression, with a brief overview on its biochemistry and molecular biology along with its in vitro and in vivo analysis using modern assays with promising therapeutic regimens.
Keywords: Bmi-1, cancer, cancer stem cells, Notch, Shh, signaling pathway, stem cells, telomerase, therapeutics, tumor.
Current Biotechnology
Title:Reality Check: Cancer Stem Cell Route to Cancer
Volume: 2 Issue: 2
Author(s): Meera Nair, Richa Jain and Pooja Saxena
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Keywords: Bmi-1, cancer, cancer stem cells, Notch, Shh, signaling pathway, stem cells, telomerase, therapeutics, tumor.
Abstract: Cancer stem cells originate from normal cells and gain proliferation to grow clonally into metastatic tumors. They stay hidden as seeds, hence their identification and prognosis are necessary for eradication of cancer from root level. Different models are put forth to prove cancer stem cells subsistence via cancer epidemiology, carcinogenesis, biochemistry and molecular biology. This review provides an update on fundamental role of cancer stem cells in cancer progression, with a brief overview on its biochemistry and molecular biology along with its in vitro and in vivo analysis using modern assays with promising therapeutic regimens.
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Nair Meera, Jain Richa and Saxena Pooja, Reality Check: Cancer Stem Cell Route to Cancer, Current Biotechnology 2013; 2 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/22115501113029990005
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/22115501113029990005 |
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