Review

CANCER STEM CELL BIOLOGY

Volume: 20 February 1, 2019
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CANCER STEM CELL BIOLOGY

Abstract

Cancer is becoming the leading cause of death all around the world. To develop better therapeutic options against cancer, we need a thorough understanding of tumor development and dissemination. As our knowledge increases, it becomes apparent that cancer is a very complex disease and this complexity is partially due to the great level of heterogeneity even within the same tumor mass. Therefore, there is a pressing need to decipher complex regulations and interactions of the tumor cells that lead to different hierarchies. Concepts of tumor-initiating and self-renewing stem cell have long been proposed to explain the emergence of a vast number of progenies within monoclonal neoplastic growth. It is now known that cancer stem cells which are found in many cancers have many roles in tumor development and dissemination. Many fascinating properties of cancer stem cells draw further attention to clarify their involvement in tumor cell plasticity, epithelial to mesenchymal transition, chemotherapy resistance and to develop therapeutic strategies for their targeting. Here we summarized recent efforts to illustrate the progress in our understanding of the biology of cancer stem cells.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Structural Biology

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

February 1, 2019

Submission Date

November 16, 2018

Acceptance Date

January 20, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 20

APA
Göktuna, S. İ., Chau, T. L., & Xhafa, E. (2019). CANCER STEM CELL BIOLOGY. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences, 20, 33-44. https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.483577
AMA
1.Göktuna Sİ, Chau TL, Xhafa E. CANCER STEM CELL BIOLOGY. Trakya Univ J Nat Sci. 2019;20:33-44. doi:10.23902/trkjnat.483577
Chicago
Göktuna, Serkan İsmail, Tieu Lan Chau, and Erta Xhafa. 2019. “CANCER STEM CELL BIOLOGY”. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 20 (February): 33-44. https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.483577.
EndNote
Göktuna Sİ, Chau TL, Xhafa E (February 1, 2019) CANCER STEM CELL BIOLOGY. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 20 33–44.
IEEE
[1]S. İ. Göktuna, T. L. Chau, and E. Xhafa, “CANCER STEM CELL BIOLOGY”, Trakya Univ J Nat Sci, vol. 20, pp. 33–44, Feb. 2019, doi: 10.23902/trkjnat.483577.
ISNAD
Göktuna, Serkan İsmail - Chau, Tieu Lan - Xhafa, Erta. “CANCER STEM CELL BIOLOGY”. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 20 (February 1, 2019): 33-44. https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.483577.
JAMA
1.Göktuna Sİ, Chau TL, Xhafa E. CANCER STEM CELL BIOLOGY. Trakya Univ J Nat Sci. 2019;20:33–44.
MLA
Göktuna, Serkan İsmail, et al. “CANCER STEM CELL BIOLOGY”. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences, vol. 20, Feb. 2019, pp. 33-44, doi:10.23902/trkjnat.483577.
Vancouver
1.Serkan İsmail Göktuna, Tieu Lan Chau, Erta Xhafa. CANCER STEM CELL BIOLOGY. Trakya Univ J Nat Sci. 2019 Feb. 1;20:33-44. doi:10.23902/trkjnat.483577

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