The role of stem cells in tumorgenesis
- VernacularTitle:干细胞与肿瘤发生的关系
- Author:
Yu SHAN
;
Xigu CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Stem cells;
Neoplasms
- From:
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology
1999;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Stem cells are a lineage with capacities of self-renewal and multipotential differentiation. They are exactly regulated by microenvironment where they live. With the understanding of stem cells biology, researchers noticed that stem cells have many similar biology characters with tumor cells, and thought that tumors were likely derived from stem cells, and gave a concept that there were tumor stem cells in tumor tissues.
