Stem Cells and Prostate Cancer

Recent evidence demonstrates that normal prostate tissue contains stem cells.  There is also accumulating evidence that prostate cancer contains a population of cells with stem cell-like characteristics referred to as cancer stem cells, or tumor initiating cells.  Both the normal prostate stem cell...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Cramer, Scott D. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Temas:
Cancer.
Cytology.
Medicine-Research.
Biology-Research.
Cancer Biology.
Cell Biology.
Biomedical Research.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Stem Cells and Prostate Development
  • Isolation and Characterization of Prostate Stem Cells
  • Prostate tumor initiating cells
  • TIC Markers and methods of characterization
  • Genetic Control of Self Renewal of the TIC
  • Therapeutic targeting of the prostate TIC.- The prostate stem cell niche.- Tumor stroma control of the prostate TIC.- Targeting the prostate stem cell for chemoprevention.- Stem cell models for functional validation of prostate cancer genes
  • Index .

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