There has been accumulating evidence in support of the cancer stem cell csc concept of cancer which proposes that cscs are central in the initiation of cancer.
Colorectal cancer stem cell markers.
1 hunan key laboratory of translational radiation oncology hunan cancer hospital and the affiliated cancer hospital of xiangya.
This article reviews the current knowledge in these cancer stem cell markers and future directions of this field of research.
Colorectal cancer crc is the second most common cancer in women and the third most common in men.
Wnt and mammalian target of rapamycin mtor are major molecular signaling pathways associated with the development and progression of tumor as well as the maintenance and proliferation of cancer stem cells cscs in colorectal cancer crc.
The cancer stem cell concept of cancer is an emerging paradigm with accumulating supporting evidence in recent years.
1 hunan key laboratory of translational radiation.
Cd133 a five transmembrane glycoprotein is widely used as a marker to identify and isolate colorectal cancer stem cells.
This marker has been investigated to better understand the characteristics and functions of cancer stem cells.
Cancer stem cells in progression of colorectal cancer.
Adenocarcinoma accounts for 90 of crc cases.