Reprogramming of prostate cancer cells--technical challenges.
Curr Urol Rep
; 16(1): 468, 2015 Jan.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25404182
ABSTRACT
Prostate cancer progression is characterized by tumor dedifferentiation. Cancer cells of less differentiated tumors have a gene expression/transcriptome more similar to that of stem cells. In dedifferentiation, cancer cells may follow a specific program of gene expression changes to a stem-like state. In order to treat cancer effectively, the stem-like cancer cells and cancer differentiation pathway need to be identified and studied. Due to the very low abundance of stem-like cancer cells, their isolation from fresh human tumors is technically challenging. Induced pluripotent stem cell technology can reprogram differentiated cells into stem-like, and this may be a tool to generate sufficient stem-like cancer cells.
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Assunto principal:
Próstata
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Neoplasias da Próstata
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Células-Tronco Neoplásicas
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Reprogramação Celular
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Desdiferenciação Celular
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Células-Tronco Pluripotentes Induzidas
Limite:
Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article