A model of cancer stem cells derived from mouse induced pluripotent stem cells.

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are capable of continuous proliferation and self-renewal and are proposed to play significant roles in oncogenesis, tumor growth, metastasis and cancer recurrence. CSCs are considered derived from normal stem cells affected by the tumor microenvironment although the mechanis...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ling Chen, Tomonari Kasai, Yueguang Li, Yuh Sugii, Guoliang Jin, Masashi Okada, Arun Vaidyanath, Akifumi Mizutani, Ayano Satoh, Takayuki Kudoh, Mary J C Hendrix, David S Salomon, Li Fu, Masaharu Seno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3325228?pdf=render