Application of Nanotechnology in Targeting of Cancer Stem Cells: A Review
- Author:
Fatemeh ASGHARI
1
;
Rahele KHADEMI
;
Faezeh Esmaeili RANJBAR
;
Ziba Veisi MALEKSHAHI
;
Reza Faridi MAJIDI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Cancer stem cell; Nanomaterial; Targeting; Markers; Signaling pathway
- MeSH: Nanostructures; Nanotechnology; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplastic Stem Cells; Plastics; Stem Cells
- From:International Journal of Stem Cells 2019;12(2):227-239
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Cancer is increasingly apparent as a systems-level, network happening. The central tendency of malignant alteration can be described as a two-phase procedure, where an initial increase of network plasticity is followed by reducing plasticity at late stages of tumor improvement. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are cancer cells that take characteristics associated with normal stem cells. Cancer therapy has been based on the concept that most of the cancer cells have a similar ability to separate metastasise and kill the host. In this review, we addressed the use of nanotechnology in the treatment of cancer stem cells.
