Brinckerhoff Constance E
Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
J Cell Physiol. 2017 Oct;232(10):2674-2678. doi: 10.1002/jcp.25796. Epub 2017 Mar 6.
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), also called Tumor Initiating Cells (TICs), can be defined as cancer cells that are present within solid tumors or hematological cancers, which have characteristics associated with normal stem cells, but which can give rise to all cell types found in a particular cancer sample. CSCs, therefore, are transformed stem cells, which can self-renew, differentiate into diverse progenies, and drive continuous tumor growth (Kreso & Dick, , Cell Stem Cell, 14:275-291; Schatton et al., , Nature, 451:345-349; Villani, Sabbatino, Ferrone, & Ferrone, , Melanoma Management, 2:109-114; Zhou et al., , Drug Discovery, 8:806-823) (Fig. ). [Figure: see text].
癌症干细胞(CSCs),也被称为肿瘤起始细胞(TICs),可定义为存在于实体瘤或血液系统癌症中的癌细胞,它们具有与正常干细胞相关的特征,但能够产生特定癌症样本中发现的所有细胞类型。因此,癌症干细胞是转化的干细胞,能够自我更新、分化为多种子代细胞,并驱动肿瘤持续生长(克雷索和迪克,《细胞干细胞》,14:275 - 291;沙顿等人,《自然》,451:345 - 349;维拉尼、萨巴蒂诺、费罗内和费罗内,《黑色素瘤管理》,2:109 - 114;周等人,《药物发现》,8:806 - 823)(图 )。[图:见正文]